Sketching a pre-modern colonial elite

Sketching a pre-modern colonial elite

Political and economic conditions led Aragonese and Catalan princes who conquered Muslim lands prior to 1200 CE to adopt accommodating policies towards the region’s indigenous inhabitants, in order to maintain the economic viability of these territories and encourage Muslims to be productive subject...

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Tác giả chính: Catlos, Brian
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Được phát hành: Mélanges de l’École française de Rome - Moyen Âge 2013
Những chủ đề:
Aragon
reconquista
mudejars
craftsmen
traders
conveniencia
Truy cập trực tuyến:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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topic Aragon
reconquista
mudejars
craftsmen
traders
conveniencia
spellingShingle Aragon
reconquista
mudejars
craftsmen
traders
conveniencia
Catlos, Brian
Sketching a pre-modern colonial elite
description Political and economic conditions led Aragonese and Catalan princes who conquered Muslim lands prior to 1200 CE to adopt accommodating policies towards the region’s indigenous inhabitants, in order to maintain the economic viability of these territories and encourage Muslims to be productive subjects. Muslim communities became autonomous collectives whose members were under the direct fiscal and judicial authority of the kings. This prompted the development of a new elite, consisting of local craftsmen and traders who had the necessary skills and capital to engage in administrative work on behalf of the Christian sovereigns. This new elite was dependent on royal authority and enjoyed privileges that fractured Muslim communities and put them at odds with their own constituents. As such, the mudéjar community rulers of the Crown of Aragon may be seen constitute an early manifestation of a European colonial elite, foreshadowing a structure which came to characterize European expansion in the centuries that followed.
author Catlos, Brian
author_facet Catlos, Brian
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title Sketching a pre-modern colonial elite
title_short Sketching a pre-modern colonial elite
title_full Sketching a pre-modern colonial elite
title_fullStr Sketching a pre-modern colonial elite
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title_sort sketching a pre-modern colonial elite
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