| Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia Subjects: Slavery -- Spain -- Valencia (Region) -- History -- To 1500; Slaves -- Spain -- Valencia (Region) -- History -- To 1500; Slaveholders -- Spain -- Valencia (Region) -- History -- To 1500; Master and servant -- Spain -- Valencia (Region) -- History -- To 15; A prominent Mediterranean port located near Islamic territories, the city of Valencia in the late fifteenth century boasted a slave population of pronounced religious and ethnic diversity: captive Moors and penally enslaved Mudejars, Greeks, Tartars... Debra Blumenthal is Associate Professor of History at The University of California at Santa Barbara. |