The Almoravid Maghrib

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-64189-085-4
Verlag: ARC Humanities Press

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 112 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 136 g

Reihe: Past Imperfect

The Almoravid Maghrib uncovers the richness and complexity of a neglected past. A pivotal moment in the history of North Africa, the rise of the Almoravids brought a corner of the Maghrib into closer contact with the world around. From the Cid to the Seljuqs, the Almoravids impressed contemporaries in ways no Maghribi regime had, signalling a transformation of western North Africa through burgeoning trans-Saharan and trans-Mediterranean commerce, urbanization (two of Morocco's four imperial cities were founded), and the epic encounter with the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures of Iberia. The Almoravids witnessed a series of key transformations and beginnings, including the introduction of one of the area's most successful gold currencies, the formulation of a new religious orthodoxy, the parallel rise of counter-movements (popular, messianic, and spiritual), and the inception of pan-Maghribi-Andalusi artistic, literary, and architectural styles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gómez-Rivas, Camilo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Note on Language and Dates

Principal Characters in the Narrative

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Preacher

Chapter 2: The Queen and Her Kings

Chapter 3: The Deposed

Chapter 4: The Son

Chapter 5: The Mahdis

Chapter 6: The Qadi and the Rebel

Conclusion

Time Line

Glossary of Key Terms

Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Gómez-Rivas, Camilo
Camilo Gómez-Rivas is Associate Professor of Mediterranean Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Law and the Islamization of Morocco under the Almoravids (2014) and “Berber Rule and Abbasid Legitimacy” in The Routledge Handbook of Muslim Iberia (2020).