Research Catalog

Title

Slavery in medieval and early modern Iberia / William D. Phillips, Jr.

Author

Phillips, William D.

Publication

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.

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Details

Description

257 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia provides a magisterial survey of the many forms of bound labor in Iberia from ancient times to the decline of slavery in the eighteenth century. William D. Phillips, Jr., examines the pecuniary and legal terms of slavery from purchase to manumission. He pays particular attention to the conditions of life for the enslaved, which, in a religiously diverse society, differed greatly for Muslims and Christians as well as for men and women. This sweeping narrative will become the definitive account of slavery in a place and period that deeply influenced the forms of forced servitude that shaped the New World."--Publisher's description.
• The enslaved population of medieval Iberia composed only a small percentage of the general populace at any given point, and slave labor was not essential to the regional economy during the period. Yet slaves were present in Iberia from the beginning of recorded history until the early modern era, and the regulations and norms for slavery and servitude shifted as time passed and kingdoms rose and fell. The Romans brought their imperially sanctioned forms of slavery to the Iberian peninsula, and these were adapted by successive Christian kingdoms during the Middle Ages. The Muslim conquest of Iberia introduced new ideas about slavery and effected an increase in slave trade. During the later Middle Ages and the early modern period, slave owners in Christian Spain and Portugal maintained slaves at home, frequently captives taken in wars and sea raids, and exported their slave systems to colonies across the Atlantic. Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia provides a magisterial survey of the many forms of bound labor in Iberia from ancient times to the decline of slavery in the eighteenth century. William D. Phillips, Jr., examines the pecuniary and legal terms of slavery from purchase to manumission. He pays particular attention to the conditions of life for the enslaved, which, in a religiously diverse society, differed greatly for Muslims and Christians as well as for men and women. This sweeping narrative will become the definitive account of slavery in a place and period that deeply influenced the forms of forced servitude that shaped the New World. -- Publisher.

Series Statement

The middle ages series

Uniform Title

Middle Ages series.

Subjects

• Slavery
• Slaves
• Slavery > Iberian Peninsula > History > 16th century
• To 1599
• Europe > Iberian Peninsula
• Iberisch schiereiland
• Slavery > Iberian Peninsula > History > To 1500
• Slaves > Iberian Peninsula > History > To 1500
• History
• Sklaverei
• Slaves > Iberian Peninsula > History > 16th century
• Iberische Halbinsel

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-245) and index.

Contents

The History of Slavery in Iberia --To Become a Slave --The Traffic in Slaves --To Live as a Slave --To Work as a Slave --To Become Free.

Call Number

JFE 16-5225

ISBN

• 9780812244915
• 0812244915

LCCN

2013022778

OCLC

842880495

Author

Phillips, William D.

Title

Slavery in medieval and early modern Iberia / William D. Phillips, Jr.

Imprint

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.

Edition

1st ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The middle ages series

Middle Ages series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-245) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. STUDIES LIVES OF THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE. FOCUS ON LATE MIDDLE AGES.

Chronological Term

To 1599

Research Call Number

JFE 16-5225