Articulating the Ḥijāba : cultural patronage and political legitimacy in al-Andalus, the Amirid regency c. 970-1010 AD / by Mariam Rosser-Owen.
"In Articulating the Ḥijāba, Mariam Rosser-Owen analyses for the first time the artistic and cultural patronage of the 'Amirid regents of the last Cordoban Umayyad caliph, Hisham II, a period rarely covered in the historiography of al-Andalus. Al-Mansur, the founder of this dynasty, is usu...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2021]
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| Series: | Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ;
vol. 156. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | "In Articulating the Ḥijāba, Mariam Rosser-Owen analyses for the first time the artistic and cultural patronage of the 'Amirid regents of the last Cordoban Umayyad caliph, Hisham II, a period rarely covered in the historiography of al-Andalus. Al-Mansur, the founder of this dynasty, is usually considered a usurper of caliphal authority, who pursued military victory at the expense of the transcendental achievements of the first two caliphs. But he also commissioned a vast extension to the Great Mosque of Cordoba, founded a palatine city, conducted skilled diplomatic relations, patronised a circle of court poets, and owned some of the most spectacular objects to survive from al-Andalus, in ivory and marble. This study presents the evidence for a reconsideration of this period"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 478 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004469206 9789004469204 9004469133 9789004469136 |
| ISSN: | 0169-9423 ; |