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Magic in Malta: Sellem Bin Al-Sheikh Mansur and the Roman Inquisition, 1605

Beschreibung

In this volume, a microhistorical approach is employed to provide a transcription, translation, and case-study of the proceedings (written in Latin, Italian and Arabic) of the Roman Inquisition on Malta's 1605 trial of the 'Moorish' slave Sellem Bin al-Sheikh Mansur, who was accused and found guilty of practising magic and teaching it to the local Christians. Through both a detailed commentary and individual case-studies, it assesses what these proceedings reflect about religion, society, and politics both on Malta and more widely across the Mediterranean in the early 17th century. In so doing, this inter- and multi-disciplinary project speaks to a wide range of subjects, including magic, Christian-Muslim relations, slavery, Maltese social history, Mediterranean history, and the Roman Inquisition. It will be of interest to both students and researchers who study any of these subjects, and will help demonstrate the richness and potential of the documents in the Maltese archives. With contributions by: Joan Abela, Dionisius A. Agius, Paul Auchterlonie, Jonathan Barry, Charles Burnett, Frans Ciappara, Pierre Lory, Alex Malett, Ian Netton, Catherine R. Rider, Liana Saif

Autor

Alex Mallett is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of International Research and Education and a member of the team of the Chair of the State of Qatar for Islamic Area Studies at Waseda University, Tokyo. He researches Christian-Muslim relations in the pre-modern Mediterranean, and particularly interactions between subaltern Muslims and Christians of Western Europe and narratives of encounters between Muslims and Christians. Catherine Rider is Associate Professor in Medieval History at the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on the history of magic, medicine, and the Church in the medieval period. She is the author of Magic and Religion in Medieval England and Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages. Dionisius A. Agius is Emeritus Al-Qasimi Professor of Arabic Studies and Islamic Material Culture at the University of Exeter, and an Affiliate Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah. He is an Arabist and ethnographer with expertise in the maritime landscapes and author of many books on the Mediterranean and Western Indian Ocean. He is a Fellow of the British Academy .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 594
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9789004498938
• ISBN-10: 9004498931
• Artikelnr.: 62572188