Taifa Kingdoms

Alejandro García-Sanjuán, Ph.D. (1998), Professor of Medieval History at the University of Huelva (Spain). He has extensively published on Medieval Iberia and al-Andalus, including Till God Inherits the Earth. Islamic Pious Endowments in al-Andalus (9-15th Centuries) (Brill, 2007)ContributorsJavier Albarrán, Xavier Ballestín, Amira K. Bennison, Pascal Buresi, Elsa Cardoso, Carlos de Ayala, Carolina Domenech Belda, Maribel Fierro, Miquel Forcada, Alejandro García-Sanjuán, Teresa Garulo, Adday Hernández López, Carlos Laliena, Eneko López Martínez de Marigorta, María Marcos Cobaleda, María Antonia Martínez Núñez, Aurélien Montel, Julián Ortega, Mayte Penelas, Alejandro Peláez Martín, Víctor Rabasco, Julio Samsó, Bilal Sarr, Philippe Sénac, and Bruna Soravia.

• PrefaceList of Illustrations, Maps and TablesNotes on Contributors1 Community, Infighting, and Factions: From Umayyads to TaifasAlejandro García-SanjuánSection 1: Political HistoryOrigins and Evolution2 The Collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Origins of the Taifa SystemAurélien Montel3 Small-size and Short-lived Taifas: Gharb al-AndalusElsa Cardoso4 The Making and Unmaking of Microstates and Short-lived Powers: Sharq al-AndalusJulián M. Ortega5 Mid-size Taifas: Cordova, Málaga, Valencia, Granada, and AlmeríaBruna Soravia6 Expansionist Taifas: Badajoz, Saragossa, Seville, and ToledoPhilippe SénacFacing the Christian Onslaught7 The Catalan CountiesXavier Ballestín8 Navarre and AragonCarlos Laliena Corbera9 The Kingdoms of León and Castile against al-Andalus: War and Legitimization (Eleventh Century)Carlos de Ayala Martínez10 The Muslim Reply: Jihād and ResistanceJavier AlbarránThe Coming of the Almoravids11 Help and CooperationAmira K. Bennison12 Wiping Out the TaifasPascal BuresiSection 2: Socio-political Organization: Economic, Artistic, and Scientific ActivitiesPolitical and Socioeconomic Organization13 Government and InstitutionsAlejandro Peláez Martín14 A Tributary Economy to Boost Links between City and Countryside, Productive Standardization, and the Expansion of TradeEneko López Martínez de Marigorta15 Tribes and EthnicityBilal Sarr16 Muslims, Christians, and Jews: A Shifting LandscapeAdday Hernández LópezArtistic, Scientific and Cultural Production17 Religious Scholars and the Politics of KnowledgeMaribel Fierro18 Literature and PoetryTeresa Garulo19 The Architecture of Taifa KingdomsMaría Marcos Cobaleda and Víctor Rabasco García20 The Golden Age of Andalusi ScienceJulio Samsó and Miquel ForcadaPart 3: Sources21 Arabic Written SourcesMayte Penelas22 The Coinage and Monetary System of the Taifa StatesCarolina Doménech-Belda23 Arabic Epigraphy of al-Andalus during the Eleventh Century: The Taifa KingdomsAntonia Martínez NúñezIndex