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Author Balbale, Abigail Krasner, author.

Title The Wolf King : Ibn Mardanīshand the construction of power in al-Andalus / Abigail Krasner Balbale.

Publication Info. Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 -- 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 Mardanīsh, 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.
Note Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Subject Ibn Mardanīsh, Muḥammad ibn Saʻd, approximately 1124-1172.
Muslims -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500.
Islam -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500.
Power (Social sciences) -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500.
Islam and politics -- Spain -- History -- To 1500.
Andalusia (Spain) -- Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects.
Andalusia (Spain) -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
Andalusia (Spain) -- History -- To 1500.
Spain -- History -- 711-1516.
Civilization -- Islamic influences
Islam
Islam and politics
Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects
Muslims
Power (Social sciences)
Spain
Spain -- Andalusia
European history.
History.
Chronological Term To 1516
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Balbale, Abigail Krasner. Wolf King Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501765872 (DLC) 2022006096
ISBN 9781501765896 (pdf)
9781501765889 (epub)
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