| Description |
1 online resource (525 pages) |
| Series |
Islamic History and Civilization |
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Islamic History and Civilization
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1. How an Earthquake Shaped the Foundations of a New City: Cordoba from the 3rd to the 5th Century AD (Márquez and Monterroso-Checa) -- Chapter 2. Rich Corduba on the Quiet Baetis: Politics, Society, and Economy in a Hispanic Provincial Capital between the 3rd and 5th Centuries (Panzram) -- Chapter 3. Corduba and the Byzantine Expansion in the Western Mediterranean (Vizcaíno-Sánchez) -- Chapter 4. The Role of Culture in a World in Transition: Iberia between the Romans and the Arabs (Sánchez-Medina) -- Chapter 5. Christianity: The Architecture of a New Faith (4th-7th Century) (Utrero Agudo and Villa del Castillo) -- Chapter 6. The City in New Hands (Ballestín-Navarro) -- Chapter 7. Qurṭuba in Arabic Written Sources (8th-13th Century) (García-Sanjuán) -- Chapter 8. A City for Muslim Power: Topography, Spaces, and Administration (Meouak) -- Chapter 9. The Medina: The Old City of Cordoba (León Muñoz and Montejo Córdoba) -- Chapter 10. The Suburbs of the Greatest City in the West (Murillo Redondo and Casal-García) -- Chapter 11. The Christian and Islamic Population of Cercadilla, Cordoba: 7th-12th Century (Fuertes Santos and Hidalgo Prieto) -- Chapter 12. The Ceremonial Ensemble of the Umayyad Caliphate at Madīnat al-Zahrāʾ (Vallejo-Triano) -- Chapter 13. When the Stones Speak: Believing, Living, and Dying in Qurṭuba. The Arabic Epigraphy (Martínez-Núñez) -- Chapter 14. The Jews of Cordoba (Martínez Delgado) -- Chapter 15. The Arabicized Christians in Cordoba: Social Context and Literary Production (Monferrer-Sala) -- Chapter 16. Faiths in Contact: Santa Clara, an Overlapping Building through Centuries (Murillo-Fragero) -- Chapter 17. Literature in Qurṭuba (Buendía) -- Chapter 18. Córdoba as a Scientific Center (Samsó) |
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Chapter 19. Fine Arts in Qurṭuba (Puerta Vílchez) -- Index of Anthroponyms -- Index of Toponyms |
| Summary |
A Companion to Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Cordoba offers a compelling account of Cordoba's most important archaeological, urban, political, legal, social, cultural and religious facets throughout the most exciting fifteen centuries of the city |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Medieval -- Spain
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Christianity and other religions -- Islam
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| SUBJECT |
Córdoba (Spain) -- History -- To 1500
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Córdoba (Spain) -- Religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Monferrer-Sala, Juan Pedro
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| ISBN |
9004524150 |
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9789004524156 |
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