The Indiculus luminosus of Paul Alvarus

‘Maintaining the scholarly standard set by his previous publication in the Translated Texts for Historians series, Kenneth Baxter Wolf has offered an essential contribution to the anglophone study of Christian-Muslim relations in the early Middle Ages […] Wolf’s translation of Alvarus’s Indiculus and his commentary should be treated as required reading for anyone studying Christians in ninth-century al-Andalus, and it is a welcome contribution to the broader study of Christian-Muslim relations in the medieval period.’ Andrew Sorber, Speculum

‘Wolf’s English translation of Alvarus’s work will be invaluable reading for those seriously interested in the phenomenon of the voluntary martyrdoms and of the theological justifications for them. His meticulously researched introduction and commentary, with extensive footnotes and references to the work of other scholars, will be useful to a much wider range of students of the relationships between Christians and Muslims in ninth-century al-Andalus.’ Nicola Meyrick, Al-Masāq

Kenneth Baxter Wolf is the John Sutton Miner Professor of History and Professor of Classics at Pomona College, USA. His many publications include Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain (revised edition 1999), The Eulogius Corpus (2019) in the Translated Texts for Historians series, and The Life and Afterlife of St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Testimony from Her Canonization Hearings (OUP 2011).