Mudéjar

alternative Mudejar

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.

   We must not forget that Mudejar identity was a contractual identity, entered into through myriad treaties between conquerors and conquered, each different from the other, and each subject to constant renegotiation, reinterpretation, and change depending on circumstance.

   2001, Peter Linehan, Janet Laughland Nelson, The Medieval World, page 61

2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.

   These artisans and workers used particular techniques that earlier Muslims under Christian rule had refined into the Mudéjar style.

   2005, Mary Elizabeth Perry, The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain, page 26

plural Mudéjars · plural Mudéjares · alternative Mudejar

1. countableAny of the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.

   In this way, the mudéjars of Valencia came to represent a solid Muslim enclave within Christian Iberia.

   2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 190

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   They came to be known as the Mudéjares- the corruption of Mudegelin, an opprobrious term bestowed upon them by the Moors, derived from the word Degel which we are told was equivalent to Antichrist.

   1901, Henry Charles Lea, The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion, page 2

2. uncountablearchitectureA style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.