Mudejar names revisited based on the cases of Toledo and Lisbon
Abstract
This article is based on an analysis as complete as possible of the names of Mudejars appearing in fourteenth and fifteenth-century documentation of Toledo and Lisbon in Castilian and Portuguese. The study of different elements constituting male as well as female names indicates that neither the proper names nor the indices of filiation reflect Christian acculturation – even if it did exist to an extent that needs to be qualified – but rather, indicated fidelity to Islamic principles and Arab genealogical traditions. At times, especially when dealing with members of the Mudejar elite, diverse designations of a single individual make it possible to reconstruct complete Arabic names, which reveal resistance to acculturation and loyalty to classical Arab parameters behind an appearance of conformity with the dominant Christian model.
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