Green-Mercado, Mayte,

Visions of deliverance : Moriscos and the politics of prophecy in the early modern Mediterranean / Mayte Green-Mercado. - Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xi, 310 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Christian visionary or Muslim prophet? Re-creating identities in late Spanish Islam -- The return of Muslim Granada : prophecy and martyrdom in the Alpujarras Revolt (1568-1570) -- Ottoman Rome : apocalyptic prophecies in the Mediterranean (1570-1580) -- The grand Morisco conspiracy : prophecy and rebellion plots in Valencia and Aragon (1570-1582) -- Prophetic fabrications of a Morisco informant : Gil Pérez and Moriscos of Valencia -- Prophecy as diplomacy : the Moriscos and Henry IV of France.

"Visions of Deliverance traces the circulation of Muslim and crypto-Muslim apocalyptic texts known as joferes through formal and informal networks of merchants, Sufis, and other channels of diffusion among Muslims and Christians across the Mediterranean from Constantinople and Venice to Morisco towns in eastern Spain"--



9781501741470 9781501741487

2019981118


Catholic Church--Relations--Islam.


Moriscos--Prophecies.
Moriscos--History--Mediterranean Region--16th century.
Muslims--History--Spain--16th century.
Prophecy--Islam.
Prophecy--Political aspects--Spain.
Islam--History--Spain--16th century.
Islam--Relations--Catholic Church.


Electronic Books.

DP104 / .V575 2019