Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The 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 --

Muslims --- History. --- Ethnic identity. --- Social conditions. --- Umayyad dynasty. --- Spain --- History --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Nul n'est prophète parmi les siens. Muhammed le vérifia quand le clan dominant de sa propre tribu, les Omeyyades, rejeta la religion qu'il annonçait et le chassa de La Mecque. Vaincus, convertis du bout des lèvres, les Omeyyades devaient pourtant, peu après la mort du Prophète (632), s'emparer du Califat, c'est-à-dire de la direction de cet Islam dont ils n'avaient d'abord pas voulu, et conduire sa rapide expansion, de l'Indus à l'Atlantique. Mais tous n'avaient pas oublié leur péché originel. En 750, les Omeyyades sont renversés, et presque exterminés. Un des leurs réussit à fuir en Espagne, aux confins négligés de l'Empire. Deux siècles plus tard, contre toute attente, la puissance omeyyade s'y est affermie, tandis que leurs ennemis déclinent en Orient. Le temps semble venu de reprendre le Califat, ou du moins de le revendiquer en droit. Cette légitimité que leurs sujets andalous vont s'efforcer d'établir, non sans peine, est le thème de ce livre. Car si leur projet politique avortera, les Omeyyades auront, pour les besoins de leur idéologie, fondé les grands traits de la culture andalouse, l'une des plus brillantes de l'Islam et de l'Europe médiévale.

Muslims --- Musulmans --- History. --- Histoire --- Umayyad dynasty --- Omeyyades --- Spain --- Córdoba (Spain) --- Espagne --- Cordoue (Espagne) --- History --- Córdoba (Spain) --- Umayyad dynasty. --- Córdoba --- Qurṭubah (Spain) --- Cordoue (Spain) --- Cordova (Spain) --- Kordova (Spain) --- Corduba (Spain) --- قرطبة (Spain) --- Cordoue --- islam --- politique --- Omeyyades d'Espagne --- XIème siècleEspagne --- califat --- Al-Andalus --- Xème siècle --- Califat --- Islam et politique --- 711-1516 --- 10e siècle --- Historiographie --- Andalousie (Espagne) --- Politique et gouvernement --- Jusqu'à 1479