The articulation of power in medieval Iberia and the Maghrib

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The articulation of power in medieval Iberia and the Maghrib

Statement of responsibility

edited by Amira K. Bennison

Creator

• Bennison, Amira K

Editor

• Bennison, Amira K

Subject

• Africa, North -- History -- 647-1517
• Africa, North -- Politics and government
• Beni Marin dynasty
• Nasrides
• Power (Social sciences) -- Africa, North -- History -- To 1500
• Power (Social sciences) -- Spain -- History -- To 1500
• Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516
• Spain -- History -- 711-1516
• Spain -- Politics and government -- To 1479
• Africa, North -- Civilization

Language

eng

Summary

How do rulers make their rule palatable and appealing to their subjects or citizens? Drawing on the expertise of several international scholars, this volume explores how rulers in medieval Iberia and the Maghrib presented their rule and what strategies they adopted to persuade their subjects of their legitimacy. It focuses on the Nasrids of Granada and the Marinids of Morocco, who both ruled from the mid-13th century to the later 15th century. One of the book's central themes is the idea that the ways in which these monarchs presented their rule developed out of a common political culture that straddled the straits of Gibraltar. This culture was mediated by constant transfers of people, ideas and commoditities across the straits and a political historiography in which deliberate parallels and comparisons were drawn between Iberia and North Africa. The book adopts this approach to challenge a tendency to see the Iberian and North African cultural and political spheres as inherently different and, implicitly, as precursors to later European and African indentities. While several chapters in the volume do flag up contrasts in practice, they also highlight the structural similarities in the approach to legitimation deployed by the Nasrid and Marinid dynasties in this period.--

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• Proceedings of the British Academy, 195

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Provided by Publisher

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UKMGB

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• genealogical tables

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Proceedings of the British Academy,

Series volume

195