LEADER 03894oam 2200589 450 001 9910447051703321 005 20230621141106.0 010 $a0-472-90258-X 010 $a0-472-12267-3 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.9297351 035 $a(CKB)3710000001156153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4840557 035 $a(OCoLC)982377927 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57489 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.9297351 035 $a(ScCtBLL)1b793eb5-0497-4669-bfa4-1bfd5fbbd759 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6533244 035 $aEBL6533244 035 $a(OCoLC)1195818215 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL6533244 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001156153 100 $a20160929d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe most noble of people $ereligious, ethnic, and gender identity in Muslim Spain /$fJessica A. Coope 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d[2017] 215 $a1 online resource (220 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-472-13028-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-205) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The Umayyads -- Arabs -- Christians and Jews -- Gender and law in al-Andalus -- The law in practice : non-Shari?'ah views of gender -- Berbers and Muwallads -- The Banu? Qasi? and the northern march -- Conclusion : ethnic and religious identity. 330 $aThe Most Noble of People presents a nuanced look at questions of identity in Muslim Spain under the Umayyads, an Arab dynasty that ruled from 756 to 1031. With a social historical emphasis on relations among different religious and ethnic groups, and between men and women, Jessica A. Coope considers the ways in which personal and cultural identity in al-Andalus could be alternately fluid and contentious. The opening chapters define Arab and Muslim identity as those categories were understood in Muslim Spain, highlighting the unique aspects of this society as well as its similarities with other parts of the medieval Islamic world. The book goes on to discuss what it meant to be a Jew or Christian in Spain under Islamic rule, and the degree to which non-Muslims were full participants in society. Following this is a consideration of gender identity as defined by Islamic law and by less normative sources like literature and mystical texts. It concludes by focusing on internal rebellions against the government of Muslim Spain, particularly the conflicts between Muslims who were ethnically Arab and those who were Berber or native Iberian, pointing to the limits of Muslim solidarity. Drawn from an unusually broad array of sources?including legal texts, religious polemic, chronicles, mystical texts, prose literature, and poetry, in both Arabic and Latin?many of Coope's illustrations of life in al-Andalus also reflect something of the larger medieval world. Further, some key questions about gender, ethnicity, and religious identity that concerned people in Muslim Spain?for example, women's status under Islamic law, or what it means to be a Muslim in different contexts and societies around the world?remain relevant today --$cprovided by publisher 606 $aMuslims$zSpain$xHistory 606 $aMuslims$zSpain$xEthnic identity 606 $aMuslims$zSpain$xSocial conditions 607 $aSpain$xHistory$y711-1516 608 $aBiographies$2lcgft 615 0$aMuslims$xHistory. 615 0$aMuslims$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aMuslims$xSocial conditions. 676 $a946/.02 700 $aCoope$b Jessica A.$f1958-$0942489 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910447051703321 996 $aThe most noble of people$92126844 997 $aUNINA