The fall of the caliphate of Córdoba : Berbers and Andalusis in conflict
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The fall of the caliphate of Córdoba : Berbers and Andalusis in conflict
（Medieval Iberian Peninsula, Texts and studies ; v. 9）
E.J. Brill, 1994
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Bibliography: p. [215]-238
Includes index
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Description
This book is a discussion of the complex events which surround the breakup of the Muslim Caliphate of Cordoba in the early eleventh century. The focus of the study concerns quite a short period of time: 1009-1031 A.D., although a wide-ranging investigation of the political structure of Muslim Spain is embarked on.
A thorough narrative of the events is followed by separate discussions of some of the main groups involved in the civil wars, the Marwanids (the supporters of a legitimately-appointed Umayyad representative), the saqaliba (Slavs), the Berbers and the Christians of northern Spain.
This book is able to fill the gap in our knowledge of this hitherto little-understood period of Spanish history and tackles important questions, such as the attitude towards the Berbers, tribal solidarity and the importance of land-reforms during the 10th century
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