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Guitard the Black, a Catalan Slave Raider around the Year 1000

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: Thomas Freudenhammer, Independent Scholar (Berlin) Abstract: This study examines the life and activities of Guitard the Black, a Catalan knight and slave trader active during the late 10th and early 11th centuries. Through the analysis of charters and wills, it reconstructs Guitard’s role in cross-border raids against Al-Andalus, his participation in the slave trade, and his economic actitivities. Guitard’s acquisition of a Saracen slave in exchange for land in 997 and his later will reveal ...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/139je

Author: Thomas Freudenhammer

Language: English

Topic: Medieval History and Crusades

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6936729522

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