Under the protection of Mary: Captives, renegades and converts in the Milagros de la Virgen de Guadalupe and the Castilian territorial expansion in the 15th century
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This paper explores how, throughout the 15th century, the Virgin of Guadalupe was characterised by the miracle collection created in the Extremaduran monastery, as patron of the Castilian territorial expansion and especially of the inhabitants of the south, who represented the Castilian military outpost, alleviating their main concerns and facilitating the conversion of Islamic territories and their inhabitants. With this aim, it explores how the representation of captives, renegades and converts from Islam in the miracles evolved with the editorial project of the collection as a reflection of the parallel evolution of Castilian territorial interests and the emergence of a progressive need for reasserting the Castilian control of the Mediterranean.
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