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This handbook offers an overview of the main issues regarding the
political, economic, social, religious, intellectual and artistic
history of the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Muslim rule
(eighth-fifteenth centuries). A comprehensive list of primary and
secondary sources attests the vitality of the academic study of
al-Andalus (= Muslim Iberia) and its place in present-day
discussions about the past and the present. The contributors are
all specialists with diverse backgrounds providing different
perspectives and approaches. The volume includes chapters dealing
with the destiny of the Muslim population after the Christian
conquest and with the posterity of al-Andalus in art, literature
and different historiographical traditions. The chapters are
organised in the following sections: Political history,
concentrating on rulers and armies Social, religious and economic
groups Intellectual and cultural developments Legacy and memory of
al-Andalus Offering a synthetic and updated academic treatment of
the history and society of Muslim Iberia, this comprehensive and
up-to-date collection provides an authoritative and
interdisciplinary guide. It is a valuable resource for both
specialists and the general public interested in the history of the
Iberian Peninsula, Islamic and Medieval studies.
The studies in this collection comprise a series of explorations
into the revolutionary character of the Almohad movement in
medieval North Africa and Spain and how it was expressed, including
through compelling visual and auditory means. Almohad silver coins
were minted square instead of round, and they carried no date, as
if to indicate that a new era had begun. The new age was symbolized
in the texts appearing on the coins, reminding Muslims that 'God is
our Lord, Muhammad is our Prophet, the Mahdi is our imam', and that
a new caliphate had begun. Almoravid mosques were purified and
attempts were made to correct their orientation (qibla). Also, both
non-Almohad Muslims and non-Muslims were obliged to learn the
Almohad profession of faith, in what was in fact a forced
conversion to the Almohad understanding of true religion. New
scholarly elites - entrusted with the propagation and maintenance
of Almohad beliefs and practices - were created by the Almohad
caliphs. Philosophy flourished with Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd
(Averroes) serving the new rulers. These articles by Professor
Fierro are an attempt at explaining what put in motion such a
revolution, how it developed and changed, and the influences it had
both in the Islamic and non Islamic worlds. Eight of the studies
have been translated into English, from Spanish and French,
specially for publication here.
The studies in this collection comprise a series of explorations
into the revolutionary character of the Almohad movement in
medieval North Africa and Spain and how it was expressed, including
through compelling visual and auditory means. Almohad silver coins
were minted square instead of round, and they carried no date, as
if to indicate that a new era had begun. The new age was symbolized
in the texts appearing on the coins, reminding Muslims that 'God is
our Lord, Muhammad is our Prophet, the Mahdi is our imam', and that
a new caliphate had begun. Almoravid mosques were purified and
attempts were made to correct their orientation (qibla). Also, both
non-Almohad Muslims and non-Muslims were obliged to learn the
Almohad profession of faith, in what was in fact a forced
conversion to the Almohad understanding of true religion. New
scholarly elites - entrusted with the propagation and maintenance
of Almohad beliefs and practices - were created by the Almohad
caliphs. Philosophy flourished with Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd
(Averroes) serving the new rulers. These articles by Professor
Fierro are an attempt at explaining what put in motion such a
revolution, how it developed and changed, and the influences it had
both in the Islamic and non Islamic worlds. Eight of the studies
have been translated into English, from Spanish and French,
specially for publication here.
These two volumes present a conspectus of current research on the
history and culture of early medieval Spain and Portugal, from the
time of the Arab conquest in 711 up to the fall of the caliphate.
They trace the impact of Islamisation on the pre-existing Roman and
Visigothic political and social structures, the continuing
interaction between Christian and Muslim, and describe the
particular development and characteristics of Muslim Spain-
al-Andalus. Together, they comprise 38 articles, of which 32 have
been translated into English specially for this publication. The
first volume focuses on political and social history, and looks in
detail at settlement patterns and urbanisation; the second examines
questions of language and covers the brilliant cultural and
intellectual history of the period.
This is a pioneering book about the impact that knowledge produced
in the Maghrib (Islamic North Africa and al-Andalus = Muslim
Iberia) had on the rest of the Islamic world. It presents results
achieved in the Research Project "Local contexts and global
dynamics: al-Andalus and the Maghrib in the Islamic East (AMOI)",
funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and
Universities (FFI2016-78878-R AEI/FEDER, UE) and directed by
Maribel Fierro and Mayte Penelas. The book contains 18
contributions written by senior and junior scholars from different
institutions all over the world. It is divided into five sections
dealing with how knowledge produced in the Maghrib was integrated
in the Mashriq starting with the emergence and construction of the
concept 'Maghrib' (sections 1 and 2); how travel allowed the
reception in the Maghrib of knowledge produced in the Mashriq but
also the transmission of locally produced knowledge outside the
Maghrib, and the different ways in which such transmission took
place (sections 3 and 4), and how the Maghribis who stayed or
settled in the Mashriq manifested their identity (section 5). The
book will be of interest not only for those whose research
concentrates on the Maghrib but more generally for those who want
to understand the complex and shifting dynamics between 'centres'
and 'peripheries' as regards intellectual production and
circulation.
This handbook offers an overview of the main issues regarding the
political, economic, social, religious, intellectual and artistic
history of the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Muslim rule
(eighth-fifteenth centuries). A comprehensive list of primary and
secondary sources attests the vitality of the academic study of
al-Andalus (= Muslim Iberia) and its place in present-day
discussions about the past and the present. The contributors are
all specialists with diverse backgrounds providing different
perspectives and approaches. The volume includes chapters dealing
with the destiny of the Muslim population after the Christian
conquest and with the posterity of al-Andalus in art, literature
and different historiographical traditions. The chapters are
organised in the following sections: Political history,
concentrating on rulers and armies Social, religious and economic
groups Intellectual and cultural developments Legacy and memory of
al-Andalus Offering a synthetic and updated academic treatment of
the history and society of Muslim Iberia, this comprehensive and
up-to-date collection provides an authoritative and
interdisciplinary guide. It is a valuable resource for both
specialists and the general public interested in the history of the
Iberian Peninsula, Islamic and Medieval studies.
This exploration of the role of violence in the history of Islamic
societies considers the subject particularly in the context of its
implementation as a political strategy to claim power over the
public sphere. Violence, both among Muslims and between Muslims and
non-Muslims, has been the object of research in the past, as in the
case of jihad, martyrdom, rebellion or criminal law. This book goes
beyond these concerns in addressing, in a comprehensive and
cross-disciplinary fashion, how violence has functioned as a basic
principle of Islamic social and political organization in a variety
of historical and geographical contexts. Contributions trace the
use of violence by governments in the history of Islam, shed light
on legal views of violence, and discuss artistic and religious
responses. Authors lay out a spectrum of attitudes rather than
trying to define an Islamic doctrine of violence. Bringing together
some of the most substantive and innovative scholarship on this
important topic to date, this volume contributes to the growing
interest, both scholarly and general, in the question of Muslim
attitudes toward violence.
Abd al-Rahman III (891 - 961) was the greatest of the Umayyad
rulers of Spain and the first to take the title of Caliph. During
his reign, Islamic Spain became wealthy and prosperous. He founded
the great Caliphate of Madinat al-Zahra at Cordova and did much in
his lifetime to pacify his realm and stabilise the borders with
Christian Spain. He died at the apex of his power on Oct. 15, 961.
‘Abd al-Mu’min (c.1094–1163) did not establish the first
caliphate in the Islamic West, but his encompassed more territory
than any that had preceded it. As leader of the Almohads, a
politico-religious movement grounded in an uncompromising belief in
the unity of God, he unified for the first time the whole of North
Africa west of Egypt, and conquered much of southern Spain.
Studying every facet of ‘Abd al-Mu’min’s rule, from his
violent repression of opposition to the flourishing of scholarship
during his reign, Maribel Fierro reveals an intelligent leader and
a skilled military commander who sought to build a lasting
caliphate across disparate and diverse societies.
Volume 2 of The New Cambridge History of Islam is devoted to the
history of the Western Islamic lands from the political
fragmentation of the eleventh century to the beginnings of European
colonialism towards the end of the eighteenth century. The volume
embraces a vast area from al-Andalus and North Africa to Arabia and
the lands of the Ottomans. In the first four sections, scholars –
all leaders in their particular fields - chart the rise and fall,
and explain the political and religious developments, of the
various independent ruling dynasties across the region, including
famously the Almohads, the Fatimids and Mamluks, and, of course,
the Ottomans. The final section of the volume explores the
commonalities and continuities that united these diverse and
geographically disparate communities, through in-depth analyses of
state formation, conversion, taxation, scholarship and the
military.
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE! (Valid until three months after
publication) To what extent can concepts such as orthodoxy and
heresy-originating from a different religious and cultural
tradition-be applied in an Islamic context? This new Routledge
collection of major works synthesizes the latest scholarship to
address and answer this question. It explores the terminology on
religious 'deviation' found in Islamic texts, and looks at specific
debated issues that shed light on the implications of the
theoretical discussions. The readership for this collection will be
wide: teachers and students in Islamic Studies, Religious Studies,
Medieval Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology will all welcome this
essential work of reference.
Volume 2 of The New Cambridge History of Islam is devoted to the
history of the Western Islamic lands from the political
fragmentation of the eleventh century to the beginnings of European
colonialism towards the end of the eighteenth century. The volume
embraces a vast area from al-Andalus and North Africa to Arabia and
the lands of the Ottomans. In the first four sections, scholars -
all leaders in their particular fields - chart the rise and fall,
and explain the political and religious developments, of the
various independent ruling dynasties across the region, including
famously the Almohads, the Fatimids and Mamluks, and, of course,
the Ottomans. The final section of the volume explores the
commonalities and continuities that united these diverse and
geographically disparate communities, through in-depth analyses of
state formation, conversion, taxation, scholarship and the
military.
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