Guardians of Islam : religious authority and Muslim communities of late medieval Spain

Guardians of Islam : religious authority and Muslim communities of late medieval Spain / Kathryn A. Miller.

"Muslim enclaves within non-Islamic politics are commonly believed to have been beleaguered communities undergoing relentless cultural and religious decline. Cut off from the Islamic world, these Muslim groups, it is assumed, passively yielded to political, social, and economic forces of assimi...

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Main Author: Miller, Kathryn A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Muslims > Spain > History.
Mudéjares > Spain > History.
Spain > Civilization > Islamic influences.
Spain > Civilization > 711-1516.
Islamic Empire > History > Spain.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Muslim exclaves in Christian Spain
  • On the border of infidelity
  • From Dar al-Islam to Dar al-Harb : landscapes of mudejar Spain
  • Transmitting knowledge and building networks
  • Write it down!
  • Pretending to be jurists
  • The scholar's jihad, the mudejar mosque, and preaching
  • Captive redemption : from Dar al-Harb to Dar al-Islam.

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