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Article: Between Christians and Moriscos: Juan de Ribera and Religious Reform in Valencia, 1568-1614.(Book review)
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- Renaissance Quarterly
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- March 22, 2007
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Benjamin Ehlers. Between Christians and Moriscos: Juan de Ribera and Religious Reform in Valencia, 1568-1614.
The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science 124. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. x + 242 pp. index. illus. this. bibl. $45. ISBN: 0-8018-8322-9.
The title of Benjamin Ehlers's book illustrates the power of a preposition. Between Christians and Moriscos investigates the episcopate of Juan de Ribera, the Archbishop of Valencia from 1569 to 1611. Ribera was pulled between the Old Christians and Moriscos in his diocese, eventually choosing only to reform one. Although baptized as Christians, the ...