Description
| Product ID: | 9781849048019 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Blood and Faith |
| Subtitle: | The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614 |
| Authors: | Author: Matt Carr |
| Page Count: | 440 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Spain, c 1600 to c 1700 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A riveting and richly detailed chronicle of what was, by 1614, the largest act of ethnic cleansing in European history. In 1609, the entire Muslim population of Spain was given three days to leave Spanish territory or else be killed. In a brutal and traumatic exodus, entire families were forced to abandon the homes and villages where they had lived for generations. In just five years, Muslim Spain had effectively ceased to exist: an estimated 300,000 Muslims had been removed from Spanish territory making it what was then the largest act of ethnic cleansing in European history.Blood and Faith is a riveting chronicle of this virtually unknown episode, set against the vivid historical backdrop of Muslim Spain. It offers a remarkable window onto a little-known period in modern Europe-a rich and complex tale of competing faiths and beliefs, of cultural oppression and resistance against overwhelming odds. |
| Imprint Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-02-02 |