The Wolf King : Ibn Mardanīshand the construction of power in al-Andalus /

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"Draws on methodologies from history, philology, and art history to examine chronicles, chancery documents, poetry, architecture, coins, and portable objects to reveal how Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mardanīsh, celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as the Wolf King, adapted language and for...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Balbale, Abigail Krasner (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
Subjects:
Ibn Mardanīsh, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd, > approximately 1124-1172.
To 1516
Muslims > Spain > Andalusia > History > To 1500.
Islam > Spain > Andalusia > History > To 1500.
Power (Social sciences) > Spain > Andalusia > History > To 1500.
Islam and politics > Spain > History > To 1500.
Civilization > Islamic influences
Islam
Islam and politics
Kings and rulers > Religious aspects
Muslims
Power (Social sciences)
European history.
History.
Andalusia (Spain) > Kings and rulers > Religious aspects.
Andalusia (Spain) > Civilization > Islamic influences.
Andalusia (Spain) > History > To 1500.
Spain > History > 711-1516.
Spain
Spain > Andalusia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Caliph and Mahdī: The Battle over Power in the Islamic Middle Period
  • 2. Rebel against the Truth : Almohad Visions of Ibn Mardanīsh
  • 3. Filiative Networks : Lineage and Legitimacy in Sharq al-Andalus
  • 4. Material Genealogies and the Construction of Power
  • 5. Vassals, Traders, and Kings : Economic and Political Networks in the Western Mediterranean
  • 6. Resistance and Assimilation after the Almohad Conquest
  • 7. The Reconquista, a Lost Paradise, and Other Teleologies
  • Postscript : Medieval Stories, Modern Anxieties
  • Bibiography
  • Index.

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