03730oam 2200721I 450 991046176280332120200520144314.01-283-52069-997866138331430-203-18089-51-136-58820-510.4324/9780203180891 (CKB)2670000000230914(EBL)987952(OCoLC)804661244(SSID)ssj0000696196(PQKBManifestationID)12265323(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000696196(PQKBWorkID)10681268(PQKB)11583736(MiAaPQ)EBC987952(Au-PeEL)EBL987952(CaPaEBR)ebr10589149(CaONFJC)MIL383314(OCoLC)806439742(EXLCZ)99267000000023091420180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Muslim conquest of Iberia medieval Arabic narratives /Nicola ClarkeLondon ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (273 p.)Culture and civilization in the Middle East ;30Description based upon print version of record.0-415-71915-1 0-415-67320-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Constructing al-Andalus5 The Table of Solomon: a historiographical motif and its functions; The Temple of Jerusalem and its artistic and historiographical afterlife; Royal treasure hoards and the question of Visigothic legitimacy; Solomon's Table in the Muslim historiographical tradition; Conclusion; 6 Excusing and explaining conquest: traitors and collaborators in Muslim and Christian sources; Literary devices in historical writing; Traitor type 1: the plot device; Traitor type 2: the rogue insider; Traitor type 3: the romantic antihero; Traitor type 4: the disaffected faction; Conclusion7 On the other side of the world: comparing narratives of contemporary Islamic conquests in the eastThe basic stories of the eastern narratives; Texts for the eastern narratives; The major themes of the eastern narratives; Conclusion: points of correspondence; Conclusion: history on the margins; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMedieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern scholars, too, have had much to say about the usefulness of early Islamic history-writing, although this debate has traditionally focused overwhelmingly on the central Islamic lands. This book looks instead at local and regional history-writing in Medieval Iberia. Drawing on numerous Arabic texts - historical, geographical and biographical - composed and transmitted in al-Andalus, North AfricCulture and civilisation in the Middle East.MuslimsSpainHistoryEarly works to 1800MuslimsSpainHistoriographyManuscripts, ArabicSpainManuscripts, ArabicAfrica, NorthSpainHistory711-1516Early works to 1800SpainHistory711-1516HistoriographyElectronic books.MuslimsHistoryMuslimsHistoriography.Manuscripts, ArabicManuscripts, Arabic946/.02Clarke Nicola1980-,989191FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910461762803321The Muslim conquest of Iberia2262249UNINA