How Long to Read Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines

How Long Does it Take to Read Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines by Simon Barton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines investigates the political and cultural significance of marriages and other sexual encounters between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula, from the Islamic conquest in the early eighth century to the end of Muslim rule in 1492. Interfaith liaisons carried powerful resonances, as such unions could function as a tool of diplomacy, the catalyst for conversion, or potent psychological propaganda. Examining a wide range of source material including legal documents, historical narratives, polemical and hagiographic works, poetry, music, and visual art, Simon Barton presents a nuanced reading of the ways interfaith couplings were perceived, tolerated, or feared, depending upon the precise political and social contexts in which they occurred. Religious boundaries in the Peninsula were complex and actively policed, often shaped by an overriding fear of excessive social interaction or assimilation of the three faiths that coexisted within the region. Barton traces the protective cultural, legal, and mental boundaries that the rival faiths of Iberia erected, and the processes by which women, as legitimate wives or slave concubines, physically traversed those borders. Through a close examination of the realities and the imagination of interfaith relations, Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines highlights the extent to which sex, power, and identity were closely bound up with one another.

How long is Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines?

Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines by Simon Barton is 275 pages long, and a total of 70,125 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 23 minutes to read Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines aloud.

What Reading Level is Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines?

Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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