This book analyses early modern narratives that have shaped Europe's understanding of its Islamic heritage and produces reflective material addressing four main themes: religion, permeability, opposition, and images. The chapters herein seek to create a connected history, defining pan-European trends rather than comparative histories. Through collaborative research, the contributors to this volume explore the narratives that circulated in late medieval and early modern Europe and the Mediterranean, if and how these narratives linked different regions, and their lasting influence on modern views.
Antonio UrquÃzar-Herrera, Ph.D. (2000), University of Córdoba, is Full Professor of Art History at UNED (Madrid, Spain). He has published several books on early modern Iberian art, including Admiration and Awe: Morisco Buildings and Identity Negotiations in Early Modern Spanish Historiography (Oxford University Press, 2017).
Borja Franco Llopis, Ph.D. (2009), University of Barcelona, is Full Professor of Art History at UNED (Madrid, Spain). His research is devoted to the visual and literary representation of otherness in Europe in the late medieval and early modern periods.
Elena Paulino Montero, Ph.D. (2015), Complutense University of Madrid, is Associate Professor of Art History at UNED (Madrid, Spain). Her research focuses on the artistic patronage of the nobility and monarchy in late medieval Castile and on the artistic exchanges between Castile, al-Andalus, and the European Christian kingdoms.
This book is intended primarily for researchers and students with interests in the following areas: Islam in Europe, visual cultures in late medieval and early modern history, ecclesiastical and religious studies, political history, transcultural studies, Mediterranean studies, national identities, and museology.