This handbook offers an overview of the main issues regarding the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual and artistic history of the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Muslim rule (eighth-fifteenth centuries). A comprehensive list of primary and secondary sources attests the vitality of the academic study of al-Andalus (= Muslim Iberia) and its place in present-day discussions about the past and the present.
The contributors are all specialists with diverse backgrounds providing different perspectives and approaches. The volume includes chapters dealing with the destiny of the Muslim population after the Christian conquest and with the posterity of al-Andalus in art, literature and different historiographical traditions. The chapters are organised in the following sections:
Political history, concentrating on rulers and armies
Social, religious and economic groups
Intellectual and cultural developments
Legacy and memory of al-Andalus
Offering a synthetic and updated academic treatment of the history and society of Muslim Iberia, this comprehensive and up-to-date collection provides an authoritative and interdisciplinary guide. It is a valuable resource for both specialists and the general public interested in the history of the Iberian Peninsula, Islamic and Medieval studies.
Author(s): Maribel Fierro
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: xxiv+816
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of maps
List of dynastic tables
List of boxes
List of contributors
Notes on transliteration and dates
Introduction: Languages, academic traditions and disciplinary
backgrounds in the study of al-Andalus
PART I: Rulers
1. The Iberian Peninsula before the Muslim conquest
2. The conquerors and the formation of al-Andalus
3. Centralization and consolidation: the Cordoban Umayyads
and the Amirids
4. Replication and fragmentation: the Taifa kingdoms
5. Berber rule and Abbasid legitimacy: the Almoravids
(434/1042–530/1147)
6. Berber rule and the Maghribi Caliphate: the Almohads
7. Resistance and adaptation: the Nasrids
8. The coins of al-Andalus: ideological evolution and historical
context
PART II: Society
9. Arabs, Berbers, and Local Converts
10. Christians, Jews and the dhimma status
11. Women and slaves
12. Traders and peasants
13. Secretaries and the running of government
14. Scholars, jurists and the legal system
15. Ascetics and Sufis
PART III: Culture
16. Poetry and literature
17. Religious sciences
18. Historiography and geography
19. Philosophy
20. Sciences and technology
21. Art and architecture
22. Material culture
23. Daily life and popular culture
PART IV: The aftermath of al-Andalus
24. Living as Muslims under Christian rule: the Mudejars
25. The forced conversions and the Moriscos
26. The integration of al-Andalus in Islamic historiography: the
view from the Maghrib and the Mashriq
27. The memory of al-Andalus in early modern Spain
28. Writing on al-Andalus in the modern Islamic World
29. Writing the history of al-Andalus: Spain and the West
30. The Alhambra around the world: images and constructions
of an aesthetic paradigm of modernity
31. The politics and aesthetics of Convivencia
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
