E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm
Ibn Mardanish and the Construction of Power in al-Andalus
E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm
Reihe: Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures
ISBN: 978-1-5017-6588-9
Verlag: Cornell University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Through a close examination of contemporary sources across the region, Abigail Krasner Balbale shows that Ibn Mardanish's short-lived dynasty was actually an attempt to integrate al-Andalus more closely with the Islamic East—particularly the Abbasid caliphate. At stake in his battles against the Almohads was the very idea of the caliphate in this period, as well as who could define righteous religious authority. The Wolf King makes effective use of chronicles, chancery documents, poetry, architecture, coinage, and artifacts to uncover how Ibn Mardanish adapted language and cultural forms from around the Islamic world to assert and consolidate power—and then tracks how these strategies, and the memory of Ibn Mardanish more generally, influenced expressions of kingship in subsequent periods.
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Introduction: Ibn Mardanish as Historical Figure and Historiographic Subject
1. Caliph and Madhi: The Battle over Power in the Islamic Middle Period
2. Rebel against the Truth: Almohad Visions of Ibn Mardanish
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. Renaissance and Assimilation after the Almohad Conquest
7. The Reconquista, a Lost Paradise, and Other Teleologies