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The Wolf King : Ibn Mardanīsh 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.
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
- Cornell scholarship online
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Other Title:
- Ibn Mardanīsh and the construction of power in al-Andalus
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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 later Arabic sources as irreligious and disloyal to fellow Muslims because he fought the Almohads and served as vassal to the Castilians, Ibn Mardansh ruled a kingdom that at its peak constituted nearly half of al-Andalus and served as an important buffer between the Almohads and the Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. Through a close examination of contemporary sources across the region, the book shows that Ibn Mardansh's short-lived dynasty was actually an attempt to integrate al-Andalus more closely with the Islamic East-particularly the Abbasid caliphate.
- 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:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 23, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781501781384
- 1501781383
- 9781501765896
- 1501765892
- OCLC:
- 1336012304
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