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T1 Are you still my wife? Conversion to Christianity and its legal effects on pre-existing marriages and their offspring in late medieval Castile (1480–1502)
A1 Bueno Sánchez, María Luisa
K1 Historia
K1 matrimonio, conversión, cristianos, musulmanes, judíos, coproducciones legales , Castilla
K1 5504.03 Historia Medieval
AB This article examines the legal and sociological consequences of conversion toChristianity by Muslim and Jewish couples in medieval Castile at the end of thefifteenth century, focusing on the application of legal prescription in legal praxis. Thematerial summarized and analysed sheds light on how Jews and Muslims dealt withconversion to Christianity and the problems it brought to daily life. Broadening thediscussion, this article looks at other conversions to Judaism and Islam in order toestablish a comparative perspective and show the problems of legal miscegenation atthe end of the fifteenth century in Castile. The paper is based on a dozen royal decreesgranted by the Royal Council in response to petitions and preserved in the ArchivoGeneral of Simancas, as well as various Inquisitorial records. It answers three basicquestions: what happens when only one spouse in the couple has converted; whoshould educate the children; and what happens when the marriage has been contractedbut has not been consummated?
PB Mediterranean Historical Review,
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/74891
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/74891
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NO Marisa Bueno (2020) Are you still my wife? Conversion to Christianity and its legal effects on pre-existing marriages and their offspring in late medieval Castile (1480–1502), Mediterranean Historical Review, 35:1, 43-61, DOI: 10.1080/09518967.2020.1744070
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RD 23-feb-2025