Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Law (5th – 15th centuries)

Edited by John Victor Tolan Edited by Jerzy Mazur Edited by Capucine Nemo-Pekelman Edited by Nora Berend Edited by Youna Masset

Book cover: Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Law (5th – 15th centuries)

Extent: 454, 454 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Religion and law in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies

Series volume number: 8

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2017)

ISBN: 9782503565712

Price: $120.00

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The fruit of a sustained and close collaboration between historians, linguists and jurists working on the Christian, Muslim and Jewish societies of the Middle Ages, this book explores the theme of religious coexistence (and the problems it poses) from a resolutely comparative perspective. The authors concentrate on a key aspect of this coexistence: the legal status attributed to Jews and Muslims in Christendom and to dhimm?s in Islamic lands. To what extent are the rights of the minorities to reside in their communities distinct from, or similar, to those of the majority community? What role did the law play in the segregation of religious groups? In limiting, combating, or on the contrary justifying violence against them? What specific treatments and procedures in the courtroom were reserved for plaintiffs, defendants or witnesses belonging to religious minorities? Through these questions, and through the innovative comparative method applied to them, this book offers a fresh new synthesis to these questions and a spur to new research.

  • Edited by John Victor Tolan
  • Edited by Jerzy Mazur
  • Edited by Capucine Nemo-Pekelman
  • Edited by Nora Berend
  • Edited by Youna Masset