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1 online resource. |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Caliph and Mahd: The Battle over Power in the Islamic Middle Period -- 2. Rebel against the Truth : Almohad Visions of Ibn Mardansh -- 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. |
| 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 Mardansh, 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. |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Ibn Mardansh, Muammad ibn Sa‘d, approximately 1124-1172.
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Muslims -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500.
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Islam -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500.
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Power (Social sciences) -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500.
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Islam and politics -- Spain -- History -- To 1500.
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Andalusia (Spain) -- Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects.
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Andalusia (Spain) -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
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Andalusia (Spain) -- History -- To 1500.
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Spain -- History -- 711-1516.
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Civilization -- Islamic influences
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Islam
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Islam and politics
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Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects
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Muslims
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Power (Social sciences)
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Spain
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Spain -- Andalusia
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European history.
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History.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1516
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Balbale, Abigail Krasner. Wolf King Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501765872 (DLC) 2022006096 |
| ISBN |
9781501765896 (pdf) |
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1501765892 |
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9781501765889 (epub) |
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1501765884 |
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9781501765872 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000074290389 |
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AU@ 000072195900 |
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AU@ 000076174581 |
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