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Articulating the Ḥijāba: Cultural Patronage and Political Legitimacy in al-Andalus

Articulating the Ḥijāba: Cultural Patronage and Political Legitimacy in al-Andalus PDF Author: Mariam Rosser-Owen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004469206
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 504

Book 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.
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