Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28895
Title: Muslim Freedmen in Leon, Castile and Portugal (1100–1300)
Contributor(s): Soyer, Francois  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2006-09
DOI: 10.1080/09503110600838593
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28895
Abstract: This article examines the social status of manumitted Muslim slaves in the Christian kingdoms of León, Castile and Portugal between 1100 and 1300. Modern historians had largely overlooked this social group of which very little is known. Using both law codes and other surviving Latin and Arabic documents from the period, the author examines the process of manumission. Emancipation did not mean complete freedom. A freedman emancipated conditionally could continue to be bound to serve his owner, depending on the particular terms of the contract. Furthermore, according to the legal codes, even if a freedman or freedwoman was manumitted unconditionally by his or her owner, they would continue to suffer legal disabilities due to their previous condition. The end result was that freedmen formed an intermediate social and legal category, no longer servile but neither completely free.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Al-Masaq, 18(2), p. 129-143
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1473-348X
0950-3110
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210307 European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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