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Title: | El comercio de los esclavos musulmanes en el Portugal medieval: rutas y papel economico | English Title: | The trade of Muslim slaves in Medieval Portugal: routes and economic role | Contributor(s): | Soyer, Francois (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.5944/etfiii.23.2010.1663 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28897 | Abstract: | Actualmente existen muy pocos estudios acerca de la esclavitud musulmana en Portugal. Cuando se trata el comercio de los esclavos en la historia portuguesa, generalmente los trabajos se refieren al comercio de los esclavos africanos que los navegantes portugueses comenzaron traer de vuelta a Europa desde el año 1441 en adelante, a pesar de que desde el siglo XI existía una pobulación de esclavos musulmanes —los llamados mouros cativos—. En este artículo propongo estudiar, de la forma la más detallada posible, las características y dinámicas del comercio de los esclavos musulmanes en el reino cristiano de Portugal durante la Edad Media, tratando de responder a preguntas relevantes, como las de cuál era el origen y el papel económico de los esclavos musulmanes en el Portugal medieval, qué sabemos del comercio de los esclavos en aquel reino, o a la cuestión de si Portugal fue un país exportador o importador de esclavos. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, v.23, p. 265-275 | Publisher: | Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) | Place of Publication: | Spain | ISSN: | 2340-1362 0214-9745 |
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 | English Abstract: | Whilst the presence of Muslim slaves in medieval Spain has attracted considerable scholarly attention from historians both inside and outside of the Iberian Peninsula, the same cannot be said of the history of Muslim slaves in the medieval Christian kingdom of Portugal. Most studies of slavery in Portugal focus on captives from sub-Saharan Africa brought back by Portuguese slavers to Europe from 1441 onwards even though Muslim slaves were present in Portugal from the eleventh century at the very least. We know next-to-nothing about these Muslim slaves. This article proposes to examine in as much detail as possible the characteristics and dynamics of the commerce of Muslim slaves in medieval Portugal. It addresses problematic questions regarding the origins and economic role of Muslim slaves in premodern Portugal, the nature of slave trading and whether Portugal was an importer or exporter of slaves. |
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