The Taifa Kingdoms : Reconsidering 11th-Century Iberia /

The Taifa Kingdoms : Reconsidering 11th-Century Iberia /

The 11th century has traditionally been regarded as a turning point in the evolution of medieval Iberia. The dismantling of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba gave way to a process of political and territorial fragmentation that contributed to weakening Islamic power vis-a-vis the incipient Northern C...

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Other Authors: García-Sanjuán, Alejandro (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 189.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

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Middle East and Islamic Studies.

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Call Number: D410

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 1 Community, Infighting, and Factions: From Umayyads to Taifas
  •   Alejandro García-Sanjuán
  • Section 1: Political History
  • Origins and Evolution
  • 2 The Collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Origins of the Taifa System
  •   Aurélien Montel
  • 3 Small-size and Short-lived Taifas: Gharb al-Andalus
  •   Elsa Cardoso
  • 4 The Making and Unmaking of Microstates and Short-lived Powers: Sharq al-Andalus
  •   Julián M. Ortega
  • 5 Mid-size Taifas: Cordova, Málaga, Valencia, Granada, and Almería
  •   Bruna Soravia
  • 6 Expansionist Taifas: Badajoz, Saragossa, Seville, and Toledo
  •   Philippe Sénac
  • Facing the Christian Onslaught
  • 7 The Catalan Counties
  •   Xavier Ballestín
  • 8 Navarre and Aragon
  •   Carlos Laliena Corbera
  • 9 The Kingdoms of León and Castile against al-Andalus: War and Legitimization (Eleventh Century)
  •   Carlos de Ayala Martínez
  • 10 The Muslim Reply: Jihād and Resistance
  •   Javier Albarrán
  • The Coming of the Almoravids
  • 11 Help and Cooperation
  •   Amira K. Bennison
  • 12 Wiping Out the Taifas
  •   Pascal Buresi
  • Section 2: Socio-political Organization: Economic, Artistic, and Scientific Activities
  • Political and Socioeconomic Organization
  • 13 Government and Institutions
  •   Alejandro Peláez Martín
  • 14 A Tributary Economy to Boost Links between City and Countryside, Productive Standardization, and the Expansion of Trade
  •   Eneko López Martínez de Marigorta
  • 15 Tribes and Ethnicity
  •   Bilal Sarr
  • 16 Muslims, Christians, and Jews: A Shifting Landscape
  •   Adday Hernández López
  • Artistic, Scientific and Cultural Production
  • 17 Religious Scholars and the Politics of Knowledge
  •   Maribel Fierro
  • 18 Literature and Poetry
  •   Teresa Garulo
  • 19 The Architecture of Taifa Kingdoms
  •   María Marcos Cobaleda and Víctor Rabasco García
  • 20 The Golden Age of Andalusi Science
  •   Julio Samsó and Miquel Forcada
  • Part 3: Sources
  • 21 Arabic Written Sources
  •   Mayte Penelas
  • 22 The Coinage and Monetary System of the Taifa States
  •   Carolina Doménech-Belda
  • 23 Arabic Epigraphy of al-Andalus during the Eleventh Century: The Taifa Kingdoms
  •   Antonia Martínez Núñez
  • Index.