The most noble of people religious, ethnic, and gender identity in Muslim Spain

The Most Noble of People presents a nuanced look at questions of identity in Muslim Spain under the Umayyads, an Arab dynasty that ruled from 756 to 1031. With a social historical emphasis on relations among different religious and ethnic groups, and between men and women, Jessica A. Coope considers...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) publisher (publisher)
Other Authors: Coope, Jessica A., 1958- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press [2017]
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426975306719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Umayyads
  • Arabs
  • Christians and Jews
  • Gender and law in al-Andalus
  • The law in practice : non-Sharī'ah views of gender
  • Berbers and Muwallads
  • The Banū Qasī and the northern march
  • Conclusion : ethnic and religious identity.