vagrancy
vagrancy, crime, migration
vagrancy, crime, punishment
The aim of this round table is to discuss the visual and literary construction of the image of the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula during the modern age.
Concepts such as ‘race’, ‘ethnicity’, ‘identity’ or ‘stereotype’ will be rethought taking into account the particular conditions in which this minority lived and the tense relations between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean.
This article is about a Nasrid bridle from the 15th century, for the mule of a young Moorish girl, daughter of the Alcaide of Serón (Almería), who was on her way with her retinue to Baza (Granada) to get married. Forty young knights from Lorca set out at night with the aim of conquering glory and honour, under the command of D. Diego López de Guevara. Ambushed under cover, near the road, they harassed the retinue, annihilating some and making prisoners of others, among them the young bride, who was finally freed. In gratitude, she gave the chief of Lorca a jewel of gold and gemstones, which she wore on her chest, and the headpiece. This type of Nasrid harness was highly prized, and as such is documented among the prizes of Queen Isabella the Catholic.