| Articulating the Ḥijāba: Cultural Patronage and Political Legitimacy in Al-Andalus: The ʿĀmirid Regency C. 970-1010 AD Contributor(s): Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004469133 ISBN-13: 9789004469136 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $204.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2021 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - History | Asia - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Physical Information: 504 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In Articulating the Ḥijāba, Mariam Rosser-Owen analyses for the first time the artistic and cultural patronage of the 'Amirid regents of the last Cordoban Umayyad caliph, Hisham II, a period rarely covered in the historiography of al-Andalus. Al-Mansur, the founder of this dynasty, is usually considered a usurper of caliphal authority, who pursued military victory at the expense of the transcendental achievements of the first two caliphs. But he also commissioned a vast extension to the Great Mosque of Cordoba, founded a palatine city, conducted skilled diplomatic relations, patronised a circle of court poets, and owned some of the most spectacular objects to survive from al-Andalus, in ivory and marble. This study presents the evidence for a reconsideration of this period. |