📚 adj • entry_id 50084
Mudéjar
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mudéjar
Of or pertaining to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
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…
mudéjar
Of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.
These artisans and workers used particular techniques that earlier Muslims under Christian rule had refined into the Mudéjar style.
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📚 noun • entry_id 50085
Mudéjar
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mudéjar
Any of the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
In this way, the mudéjars of Valencia came to represent a solid Muslim enclave within Christian Iberia.
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 equivale…
mudéjar
A style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.
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