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The Wolf King Ibn Mardanish and the Construction of Power in al-Andalus.

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The Wolf King explores how political power was conceptualized, constructed, and wielded in twelfth-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mardanīsh (r. 1147-1172). Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as Rey Lobo/Rex Lupus and denigrated by Almohad and...

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Main Author: Balbale, Abigail Krasner
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Medieval societies, religions, and cultures.
Subjects:
Islam > Spain > History.
Islamic Religion & Studies.
Spain.
Islam > Espagne > Histoire.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Wolf King
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: Ibn Mardanīsh as Historical Figure and Historiographic Subject
  • 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
  • Bibliography
  • Index