Young Man of Arévalo
Young Man of Arévalo | |
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Born | uncertain, late 15th/early 16th century[1] Arévalo, Crown of Castile (in today's Spain)[1] |
Died | uncertain, possibly second half of 16th century[1] uncertain, possibly Aragon[1] |
Pen name | Young Man of Arévalo Mancebo de Arévalo |
Subject | Islam, Moriscos |
Years active | 16th century |
The Young Man of Arévalo (
Biography
The Young Man was born in
Accounts of his travels included participating in a secret congregational ritual prayer (salat jama'ah) in Zaragoza, meeting with Muslim notables and preachers, including some women, and collecting alms to go for pilgrimage to Mecca.[10] It is unclear whether he was ultimately successful in visiting Mecca,[11] given that travel out of the country was illegal for Moriscos. Throughout his writings he showed deep conviction that Islam was the right faith[11] and that it would triumph again in Spain within his lifetime.[12]
Works
He wrote at least three extant works, the Brief compendium of our sacred law and
The Brief Compendium is a work of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), covering topics of ibadah (Islamic acts of worship) and Islamic economics.[18] It was written in collaboration with Bray de Reminjo, marking a rare collaboration between Castilian (represented by the Young Man) and Aragonese (by Bray) Muslim traditions.[19] The Tafsira is a tafsir or a commentary of the Quran.[20] The Summary is a religious book on topics of devotion and piety.[21]
Spanish scholar Pascual de Gayangos y Arce mentioned in 1839 of having seen an additional work he called The Pilgrimage of the Young Man in Madrid, but this work is now lost.[22][23]
In 1980, Spanish author Gregorio Fonseca Antuña discovered close similarities between passages in the Summary and passages from
Possible identity
Historian
Legacy
The Young Man's works became known throughout the Morisco community, and he achieved fame as a scholar.[27] His works were copied up to the end of the sixteenth century, and cited by Morisco authors up to the beginning of the seventeenth century, just before the expulsion of the Moriscos.[27]
He was the most productive known Islamic author in Spain during the period after the forced conversion of Muslims there:[2] today historians often single him out for attention in studies of Morisco literature in this period. [4]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Thomas & Chesworth 2014, p. 159.
- ^ a b Harvey 2005, p. 170.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Harvey 2005, p. 172.
- ^ a b c Harvey 2005, p. 171.
- ^ Harvey 2005, p. 180.
- ^ a b Wiegers 1994, p. 162.
- ^ Narváez Córdova 2006, p. 491.
- ^ Narváez Córdova 2006, p. 487.
- ^ a b c d Harvey 2005, p. 176.
- ^ Harvey 2005, p. 181.
- ^ a b c Harvey 2005, p. 173.
- ^ Harvey 2005, p. 182.
- ^ Thomas & Chesworth 2014, p. 162.
- ^ Thomas & Chesworth 2014, p. 165.
- ^ a b Thomas & Chesworth 2014, p. 167.
- ISBN 978-1-139-91575-5.
- ^ Harvey 2005, p. 179.
- ^ Wiegers 1994, p. 161.
- ^ Harvey 2005, p. 121.
- ^ a b c d Harvey 2005, p. 174.
- ^ Wiegers 1994, p. 173.
- ^ Harvey 2005, p. 193.
- ^ Narváez Córdova 2006, p. 490.
- ^ Harvey 2005, p. 175.
- ^ Thomas & Chesworth 2014, p. 168.
- ^ Harvey 2005, pp. 111–112.
- ^ a b Thomas & Chesworth 2014, p. 160.
Bibliography
- Harvey, L. P. (1999). "El Mancebo de Arévalo and his treatises on Islamic faith and practice". Journal of Islamic Studies. 10 (3): 249–276. ISSN 0955-2340.
- Harvey, L. P. (2005). Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-31963-6.
- Narváez Córdova, María Teresa (2006). "Writing Without Borders: Textual Hybridity in the Works of the Mancebo de Arévalo". Medieval Encounters. 12 (3): 487–497. ISSN 1380-7854.
- Thomas, David; Chesworth, John A. (2014). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History.: Volume 6. Western Europe (1500–1600). BRILL. pp. 159–168. ISBN 978-90-04-28111-0.
- Wiegers, Gerard (1994). Islamic Literature in Spanish and Aljamiado: Yça of Segovia (fl. 1450), His Antecendents and Successors. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-09936-0.
External links
- The manuscript of the Tafsira published by Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
The opening pages of the Tafsir of the Young Man of Arévalo https://twitter.com/LostIslamicHist/status/987001054876389376/photo/1