Iberian moorings : Al-Andalus, Sefarad, and the tropes of exceptionalism / Ross Brann

This book charts the diachronic dimension of the processes by which Andalusi Muslim and Jewish elites created, asserted, refined, and adapted to new c...
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This book charts the diachronic dimension of the processes by which Andalusi Muslim and Jewish elites created, asserted, refined, and adapted to new circumstances their respective claims of Andalusi and Sefardi singularity. The historical starting point for this inquiry-the mid-tenth century-is established by the textual evidence that has come down to us. The endpoint of this study's historical parameters is occasioned by social, religious, and political upheaval, collective trauma, and their jarring effects on cultural memory. For the Jews of Sefarad, the mid-twelfth century witnessed disruption within Andalusi Jewish society and transformation of its traditions. It saw the dispersal of most of the Jews of al-Andalus to the Iberian Christian kingdoms, to Provence, and to North Africa, where Andalusi Jewish exiles found refuge and Andalusi Jewish cultural production was relaunched in modified forms. For Andalusi Muslims, the Almohad military defeat at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, known in Arabic historiography as the monumental Battle of al-'Iqāb, and the Almohads' ensuing withdrawal from Andalusi territory signaled the end of the classical age of al-Andalus. Within a generation, Córdoba and Seville fell to Castilian control, leaving the Naṣrid kingdom of Granada-all that was left of al-Andalus-as the sole remaining outpost of an Islamic polity and society on Iberian soil down to 1492--
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PPN (Katalog-ID):	1737414961

Personen:	Brann, Ross - 1949- [VerfasserIn]

Medienart:	Buch
Umfang:	xiii, 284 Seiten
Sprache:	Englisch

Erschienen:	Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press ; [2021] ©2021

Basisklassifikation:	15.66 Spanien Portugal Geschichte 11.84 Islam: Sonstiges 15.96 Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes außerhalb des Staates Israel
Schlagwörter:	Iberische Halbinsel / al- Andalus / Politik / Kultur / Muslim / Juden / Sephardim / Geschichte
weitere Schlagwörter:	Iberian Peninsula, Historiography Iberian Peninsula, History, To 1500 Iberian Peninsula, Civilization, To 1500 Exceptionalism Muslims Jews

Allgemeiner Hinweis:	Includes bibliographical references and index

Ungezählte Reihe:

The Middle Ages series

Bibliogr. Zusammenhang:

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Brann, Ross, 1949-, Iberian moorings] - Levy, Isabelle, 1983 -, 2022 Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Brann, Ross, 1949-, Iberian moorings] - Petrillo, Simone, 2023 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe: Iberian moorings - Brann, Ross, 1949 -, Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021, 1 Online-Ressource (240 p) Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe: Iberian moorings - Brann, Ross, 1949 -, Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021, 1 online resource (299 pages)

Links:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
ISBN:	978-0-8122-5288-0