The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 1

History and Society

Manuela Marin

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781351889612
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

These two volumes present a conspectus of current research on the history and culture of early medieval Spain and Portugal, from the time of the Arab conquest in 711 up to the fall of the caliphate. They trace the impact of Islamisation on the pre-existing Roman and Visigothic political and social structures, the continuing interaction between Christian and Muslim, and describe the particular development and characteristics of Muslim Spain- al-Andalus. Together, they comprise 38 articles, of which 32 have been translated into English specially for this publication. The first volume focuses on political and social history, and looks in detail at settlement patterns and urbanisation; the second examines questions of language and covers the brilliant cultural and intellectual history of the period.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• General Editor's Preface
• Introduction
• 1 The Itineraries of the Muslim Conquest of al-Andalus in the Light of a New Source: Ibn al-Shabbāṭ
• 2 The Muslim Settlement of Spania/al-Andalus
• 3 Al-Andalus and Gothica Sors
• 4 The Social Structure of al-Andalus during the Muslim Occupation (711-55) and the Founding of the U mayyad Monarchy
• 5 The Settlement and Organisation of the Syrian Junds in al-Andalus
• 6 An Arab among Muwallads: Muḥammad ibn 'Abd al-Salām al-Khushanī
• 7 The Population of the Region of Valencia during the First Two Centuries of Muslim Domination
• 8 Mozarabs: an Emblematic Christian Minority in Islamic al-Andalus
• 9 From the Roman to the Arab: the Rise of the City of Murcia
• 10 From Civitas to Madīna: Destruction and Formation of the City in South-East al-Andalus—the Archaeological Debate
• 11 Cities Founded by the Muslims in al-Andalus
• 12 Four Questions in Connection with Ibn Ḥafṣūn
• 13 From the Sikkat al-Andalus to the Mint of Madīnat al-Zahrā'
• 14 Settlement and Fortification in Southern al-Andalus: the Formation of a Land of Ḥaṣūn
• 15 Considerations with Respect to "al-Thaghr in al-Andalus" and the Political–Administrative Division of Muslim Spain
• 16 The "Zalmedina" of Córdoba
• 17 The Manifest Caliph: Umayyad Ceremony in Córdoba, or the Staging of Power
• 18 Eastern Influences in al-Andalus
• 19 The Structure of the Family in al-Andalus
• Index