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Un asesinato en la Valldigna (Valencia, 1492)
Carmen Barcelósubject
Cultural StudiesLegal normHistoryHistoryLiterature and Literary Theorylcsh:CB3-482lcsh:Islammedia_common.quotation_subjectBP1-253Islamlcsh:History of CivilizationConfessionEconomic JusticeIslamValencianlanguage.human_languageKingdomState (polity)LawPhenomenonlanguageHistory of CivilizationCB3-482lcsh:BP1-253media_commondescription
In 1492, a fatal robbery was committed in a small village in the Kingdom of Valencia. This article analyses the statements of the witnesses to a confession of this crime that were recorded in an Arabic document. The document provides evidence for the application of sharī'a law among Muslims in a territory that was no longer part of an Islamic state - in this case, the meting out of punishments for blood crimes. The survival of the document as part of the case file of the Christian court that adjudicated the case shows that the Valencian justice system considered valid documents produced by a Muslim judge, by a court clerk or by a notary. Moreover, these decisions were provided in Arabic without translation. This practice, confirmed by other evidence, differed from the contemporary legal norms in Aragon, Castile and Granada, a phenomenon that has not been studied until now.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-12-01 | Al-Qanṭara |