Dear Tim,
On Fri, 31 May 1996 19:11:35 GMT you wrote:
>Does anyone have any references/sources dealing with Muslim slaves in
>Cistercian Houses, especially in the 12th century (the earlier the
>better)? This was most common in Spain and Italy, but seems to have
>occured in southern France as well.
>Kedar touches on the subject briefly in "Crusade and Mission", but I
>would like to delve deeper into it. It is a remarkable contradiction
>in Cistercian spirituality and I wish to find out more.
The following seems to deal with a later period, but maybe it can give you
further bibliographic references:
VAN KONINGSVELD, P. S.
Muslim Slaves and Captives in Western Europe During the
Late Middle Ages. In: Islam & Christian Muslim Relations
6,1 (1995), p.5ss.
Sincerely,
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