Author

Publication

1986 - University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

49,000 words, Guess

Page Count

196 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing9711629
  • Goodreads4050344

Classifications

  • DDC271/.45/046
  • LCCBX3800.Z5 S725 1986

Description

This is a study of the ransoming of Christian captives in the medieval Mediterranean, performed as a work of charity by the Order of Merced, or the Mercedarians. Thematically, it is related to the crusades, the cultural confrontation between Christians and Muslims, and to the development of charity orders within the medieval Catholic Church.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The Middle Ages

Other Editions

  • Ransoming captives in crusader Spain: the Order of Merced on the Christian-Islamic frontierUniversity of Pennsylvania Press1986-01-01

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