The wolf king Ibn Mardanish and the construction of power in al-Andalus

"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 form...

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1. Verfasser: Balbale, Abigail Krasner (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca [New York] ; London Cornell University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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