Consideraciones sobre los Mozárabes de Al-Andalus, Remarks on the Mozarabs of al-Andalus

Abstract

This paper is an explanation of the scarce and well-known data about Christians in al-Andalus inside the general evolution of the andalusí society. The mozarabs had to solve the dilemma between the maintenance of the original feudal system or the insertion in the tributary mode of production of the Islamic society. One part of the mozarabs chose to stick to the first option during centuries, but the others were going to be acculturized since early times. As a result of these opposite solutions, the differences with the co-religionists of the Christian Iberian kingdoms became more and more sharp.