Description
A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa. ; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Almoravids: Striving in the path of God; Chapter 3. The Almohads: Revelation, revolution and empire; Chapter 4. Society in the Almoravid and Almohad eras, 1050-1250; Chapter 5. Economy and trade within and beyond imperial frontiers, 1050-1250; Chapter 6. Malikism, Mahdism and Mysticism: Religion and learning, 1050-1250; Chapter 7. ‘The most wondrous artifice’: Art and Architecture of the Berber empires; Chapter 8. Conclusion; Chronological Outline; List of Place Names in Latin and Arabic forms; Glossary of Arabic terms; Bibliography; Index.
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Reviews
Given the importance of the subject, it is astonishing that this is the first full length study in English of these two empires. Bennison’s thoughtful and well researched book marks a major advance in our understanding of this important period in the history of the Maghreb and the Iberian peninsula. It will be widely appreciated by scholars and students alike.
- Hugh Kennedy, SOAS University of London
Author Biography
Amira K. Bennison is a Reader in the History and Culture of the Maghrib at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Magdalene College.. She is author of The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the 'Abbasid Empire (2009) and co-editor (with Alison L. Gascoigne) of Cities in the Premodern Islamic World (2007).
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Copyright year 2016
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date August 2016
- LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780748646807
- Publication CountryUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 29.99 GBP
- Pages392
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publication StatusPublished
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2016
- Dimensions234 X 156 mm
- SeriesThe Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires
- Reference CodeT5634
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