Companion to Islamic Granada

Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo, Ph.D., (2007), is Senior Lecturer of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Granada. She has published several books and scientific articles on the history of Nasrid Granada, including Las Sultanas de la Alhambra (Comares, 2013).

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Granada, an Eternal Islamic City between History and MemoryBárbara Boloix-GallardoPart 1: Reconstructing the Past from the Present1 Sources and Historiography. Searching for the City’s Textual FoundationsMaría Jesús Viguera-Molíns2 From Stones to Clay Bowls. Visual Arts of the City’s Islamic PastAlberto García-PorrasPart 2: Granada in al-Andalus. Political and Historical Development3 The City Origins: An Islamic ḥiṣn in Southern Al-Andalus (2nd–5th/8th–11th Centuries)Antonio Malpica-Cuello4 The Founding of Madīnat Garnāṭa by the Banū Zīrī (5th/11th Century)Bilal Sarr-Marroco5 The Berber Empires in Granada (6th–7th/12th–13th Centuries). Revolution or Continuity?Allen Fromherz6 Granada, Capital of al-Andalus and Core of the Nasrid Kingdom (7th–9th/13th–15th Centuries)Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo7 1492: From Islamic to Christian GranadaBernard VincentPart 3: The Grenadian Social, Religious and Multicultural Landscape8 Islam in Medieval Granada: Muslim Population, Practices, and PlacesMaribel Fierro and María Luisa Ávila9 Christians and Jews in Islamic Granada: Presence, Influence, PowerJuan Pedro Monferrer-Sala and José Martínez-Delgado10 The Last Muslim Inhabitants of a Newly-Christianized Granada: Mudejars and MoriscosLuis F. Bernabé-PonsPart 4: Granada across the Borders. Economic, Diplomatic, Scientific and Intellectual Life11 The Economic Sources and Resources of Islamic Granada (2nd–9th/8th–15th Centuries)Adela Fábregas-García12 Diplomatic Relationships between Islamic Granada and Its Contemporary WorldJosef Ženka13 Law and Religious Sciences: Development and Daily Practice in Muslim GranadaDelfina Serrano-Ruano and Amalia Zomeño14 Science and Medicine in Medieval Granada: Learning, Practice, and InstitutionsJulio Samsó-Moya15 The Flourishing of Arabic Literature in Islamic Granada: Phases, Genres, and AuthorsCelia del Moral-MolinaPart 5: Granada, a Universal Paradigm of Islamic Art and Architecture16 The Alhambra and the Generalife. The Eternal Landmarks of Islamic GranadaJosé Miguel Puerta-Vílchez17 From the Private to the Public Space: Domestic and Urban Architecture of Islamic GranadaAntonio Orihuela18 The Rumor of Water: A Key Element of Moorish GranadaIeva Rėklaitytė19 Mudejar Art. The Last Ornamental Expression of Islam in Christian GranadaRafael López-GuzmánBibliographyIndex