Introduction -- The Almoravids: striving in the path of God -- The Almohads: revelation, revolution and empire -- Society in the Almoravid and Almohad eras, 1050-1250 -- Economy and trade within and beyond imperial frontiers, 1050-1250 -- Malikism, Mahdism and mysticism: religion and learning, 1050-1250 -- 'The most wondrous artifice': the art and architecture of the Berber empires -- Conclusion
Summary
A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-369) and index
