The Wolf King : Ibn Mardanīsh and the construction of power in al-Andalus

The Wolf King Ibn Mardanīsh and the construction of power in al-Andalus

This book explores how political power was conceptualised, constructed, and wielded in 12th-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardansh (r. 1147-1172). Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as El Rey Lobo/Rex Lupus and denigrated by Almohad and l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Balbale, Abigail Krasner, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2022.
Colección:Medieval societies, religions, and cultures.
Cornell scholarship online.
Materias:
Ibn Mardanīsh, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd, > approximately 1124-1172.
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.
History.
European history.
Andalusia (Spain) > Kings and rulers > Religious aspects.
Andalusia (Spain) > Civilization > Islamic influences.
Andalusia (Spain) > History > To 1500.
Spain > History > 711-1516.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009800236406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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