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Mudéjar
Mudéjar
English
Alternative forms
- Mudejar
Adjective
Mudéjar (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
- 2001, Peter Linehan & Janet Laughland Nelson, The Medieval World, page 61:
- We must not forget that Mudejar identity was a contractual identity, entered into through myriad treaties between conquerors and conquered, each different from the other, and each subject to constant renegotiation, reinterpretation, and change depending on circumstance.
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- Of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries
- 2005, Mary Elizabeth Perry, The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain, page 26:
- These artisans and workers used particular techniques that earlier Muslims under Christian rule had refined into the Mudéjar style.
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Translations
of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
Noun
Mudéjar (plural Mudéjars or Mudéjares)
- (countable) The name given to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
- 1901, Henry Charles Lea, The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion, page 2:
- They came to be known as the Mudéjares- the corruption of Mudegelin, an opprobrious term bestowed upon them by the Moors, derived from the word Degel which we are told was equivalent to Antichrist.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 190:
- In this way, the mudéjars of Valencia came to represent a solid Muslim enclave within Christian Iberia.
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- (uncountable) a style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries
Translations
name give to the Moors of Al-Andalus