Lost civilization : the contested Islamic past in Spain and Portugal / James L. Boone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boone, James L.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Duckworth debates in archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Civilization--Islamic influences.

Spain.

Civilization.

Portugal--Civilization--Islamic influences.

Portugal.

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Duckworth, 2009.

Summary:

Al-Andalus, the Iberian Islamic civilization centred on Córdoba in the tenth and eleventh centuries, has been a 'lost' civilization in several respects. Its history suppressed or denied for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was regarded as a kind of 'historical parenthesis' with no lasting influence. Over the past twenty-five years, however, the history and archaeology of the Islamic period in the Iberian peninsula has undergone a complete transformation. Lost Civilization presents an introduction to this debate as it has played out in archaeology, taking a comparative civilizations approach that puts the formation of al-Andalus in context with corresponding developments elsewhere in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Richard Hodges The series of short volums, each devoted to a theme which is the subject of contoriry debate range from issues in theroy and method to aspects of worlds archaeocology . It is designed to be accessible to students anxd serious scholars alike.

Contents:

1 Debates 9

2 The background of late antiquity 27

3 The formation of al-Andalus 63

4 Tribal collectives or feudal lords? 95

5 Islamization 128

6 The transformation of the year 929 154.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0715635689

9780715635681

OCLC:

71164345