Captives and Their Saviors in the Medieval Crown of Aragon

✍ Scribed by Jarbel Rodriguez

Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 252
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Captives and Their Saviors in the Medieval Crown of Aragon argues that by this time the ransoming efforts were on a kingdom-wide scale engaging not only professional ransomers, merchants, and officials of the crown but the population at large.

✦ Subjects

Slavery -- Islamic Empire -- History. ; Spaniards -- Islamic Empire -- History. ; Ransom -- Islamic Empire -- History. ; Ransom -- Spain -- Aragon -- History. ; Freedmen -- Spain -- Aragon -- Social conditions. ; Aragon (Spain) -- Relations -- Islamic Empire. ; Islamic Empire -- Relations -- Spain -- Aragon.

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