The Martyrs of Cordoba: Community and Family Conflict in an Age of Mass Conversion / Edition 1

by Jessica A. Coope

Overview

Between 850 and 859 (Christian Era), the Muslim government of Cordoba ordered the execution of forty-eight Christians. With few expections, the Christians invited execution by committing capital offense: some appeared before the muslim authorities to denounce Mohammed; other, Christian children of mized Islamic-Christian marriages, publicly proclaimed their Christianity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803214712
Publisher:	UNP - Nebraska
Publication date:	05/01/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	115
Product dimensions:	0.44(w) x 5.50(h) x 8.50(d)

About the Author

Jessica A. Coope is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.