Autora: Yasmine Beale Rivaya
Localización: Imago temporis. Medium Aevum, ISSN 1888-3931, Nº. 4, 2010, págs. 51-71
Idioma: inglés
Abstract: The term Mozarab immediately conjures up the romanticized idea of Arabicized-Christians living in harmony with Christians, Muslims, and Jews in al-Andalus and in Medieval Spain. However, the term itself has been subject to a variety of different applications often depending on the purpose of its employment, the type of study in question, as well as the personal point of view of the author. The inconsistent use of the term Mozarab makes its definition rather ambiguous, necessitating clarifica-tion at each occurrence in the scholarship. In this article, I trace the history of the usage of the term Mozarab both in the scholarship and the documentary evidence in order to elucidate where these definitions appeared and how they may inform future scholarship.
