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Book SynopsisTrade Review“[A]s Claire Gilbert shows in this rich book, both Arabic and its translators were foundational for the Spanish State, with a continuing—although evolving—role in the development of legal, political, diplomatic and historical thought…Gilbert comprehensively argues that, although its meanings shifted significantly between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, Arabic never lost its vital role in the political, cultural, and legal construction of early modern Spain and its position within the world. * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *
In Good Faith makes important arguments regarding the role of Arabic to Spanish and Spanish to Arabic translation in early modern Iberian governance. Claire M. Gilbert's accounts of translators and their networks, dynasties, and struggles to create and preserve authority are fascinating; the exploration, throughout, of the paradoxes of translation is excellent; and the archival research is impressive. * Thomas Burman, University of Notre Dame *
Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Arabic Voices of Imperial Spain
Chapter 1. The Foundations of Fiduciary Translation in Morisco Spain
Chapter 2. Families in Translation: Spanish Presidios and Mediterranean Information Networks
Chapter 3. Translating Empires: Spain, Morocco, and the Atlantic Mediterranean
Chapter 4. Faiths in Translation: Mission and Inquisition
Chapter 5. The Legacies of Fiduciary Translation: Arabic Legal
and Historical Sources in Golden Age Spain
Epilogue. Imagining Fiduciary Translation at the End of Imperial Spain
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
