TY - JOUR
T1 - Ibn al-Lihyani
T2 - Sultan of Tunis and would-be Christian convert (1311-18)
AU - Lower, Michael
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - The fifteenth century is often seen as a turning point in Iberian Christian relations with North Africa, with the crusading rhetoric of recovery, or recuperatio, giving way after 1492 to the language of conquest and conversion, or dilatatio. In this paper, I consider an earlier example of North African-Iberian relations that brought the dilatatio theme to the fore. In this case, however, it was a Muslim prince who took the initiative. His name was Ibn al-Lihyani, and he seems to have understood the Christian urges of conquest and conversion well enough to turn them to his own advantage.
AB - The fifteenth century is often seen as a turning point in Iberian Christian relations with North Africa, with the crusading rhetoric of recovery, or recuperatio, giving way after 1492 to the language of conquest and conversion, or dilatatio. In this paper, I consider an earlier example of North African-Iberian relations that brought the dilatatio theme to the fore. In this case, however, it was a Muslim prince who took the initiative. His name was Ibn al-Lihyani, and he seems to have understood the Christian urges of conquest and conversion well enough to turn them to his own advantage.
KW - Aragon
KW - Conversion
KW - Crusade
KW - North Africa
KW - Tunis
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U2 - 10.1080/09518960903000744
DO - 10.1080/09518960903000744
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77950761285
SN - 0951-8967
VL - 24
SP - 17
EP - 27
JO - Mediterranean Historical Review
JF - Mediterranean Historical Review
IS - 1
ER -