Gijs Kruijtzer
Historian and author of Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law, 1200–1700, with a PhD from Leiden University and postdoctoral experience at Yale, Humboldt, and the University of Vienna, focusing on comparative legal and cultural history in Persianate and Latin Christian worlds.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 58min
Gijs Kruijtzer, "Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law - 1200 to 1700" (de Gruyter, 2023)
Gijs Kruijtzer, historian of the early modern Persianate and Latin Christian worlds, explores how people justified practices viewed as transgressions between 1200 and 1700. He compares defenses of sodomy, idolatry, and usury. He outlines four modes of justification and shows surprising similarities and evolving legal creativity across traditions.
Mar 25, 2026 • 58min
Gijs Kruijtzer, "Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law - 1200 to 1700" (de Gruyter, 2023)
Gijs Kruijtzer, historian and author who compares Persianate and Latin legal cultures, discusses how people defended practices seen as transgressive. He outlines four modes of justification and shows parallels across Muslim and Christian worlds. He explores poetry, art, fatwas, and legal maneuvers that softened prohibitions and traces rising consequentialist reasoning.
