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The wolf king : Ibn Mardanish and the construction of power in al-Andalus / Abigail Krasner Balbale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balbale, Abigail Krasner, author.
- Series:
- Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ibn Mardanīsh, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd, approximately 1124-1172.
- Ibn Mardanīsh, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd.
- Muslims--Spain--Andalusia--History--To 1500.
- Muslims.
- Islam--Spain--Andalusia--History--To 1500.
- Islam.
- Power (Social sciences)--Spain--Andalusia--History--To 1500.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Islam and politics--Spain--History--To 1500.
- Islam and politics.
- Andalusia (Spain)--Kings and rulers--Religious aspects.
- Andalusia (Spain).
- Andalusia (Spain)--Civilization--Islamic influences.
- Andalusia (Spain)--History--To 1500.
- Spain--History--711-1516.
- Spain.
- Civilization--Islamic influences.
- Kings and rulers--Religious aspects.
- Spain--Andalusia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "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 forms from around the Islamic world to construct power"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Balbale, Abigail Krasner. Wolf King.
- ISBN:
- 9781501765872
- 1501765876
- OCLC:
- 1335540422
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