The Court of the Caliphate of al-Andalus
Four Years in Umayyad Córdoba
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- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2025
Summary
During the second half of the 10th/4th century, the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus became a powerful political formation in Western Europe. Described by the contemporary German nun Hrotsvitha as the ‘ornament of the world’, Cordoba was the destiny of embassies and traders coming from places as far away as Constantinople, the Ottoman empire and Italy. The zenith of this political supremacy coincided with the rule of al-Ḥakam II (961-976 CE), whose name is associated with the enlargement of th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399516136 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399516132 |
| Author: | Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Jeremy Roe |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 724g |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 158mm x 233mm |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture |
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Critics Review
Eduardo Manzano Moreno has written a gripping account of the court of one of the two most powerful rulers in tenth-century Europe – together with the Byzantine emperor – based on a detailed contemporary history. If you want to know how medieval government worked, this is a book you have to read. It’s all there, from financing war to the culture of urban processions. Manzano Moreno is a master of his field. – Chris Wickham, Chichele Professor of Medieval History Emeritus, University of Oxford
Manzano Moreno’s book is the result of many years of scholarship but it is also lively, compelling and full of the sort of details which bring political and social history to life. His command of the Arabic sources, and the sometimes bizarre history of their survival, adds an extra dimension. This is a masterly account of the caliphate of Cordoba and required reading for anyone interested in the subject. – Hugh Kennedy, SOAS University of London
[A] masterful presentation on the Caliphate court of Cordoba. – Christine Mazzoli-Guintard * Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques *
[P]aints a vivid picture of the court of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba. – Robert W. Lebling * AramcoWorld *
Eduardo Manzano Moreno
Eduardo Manzano Moreno is Research Professor at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in Madrid and British Academy Global Professor at the University of St. Andrews. Between 2007 and 2012 he was Director of the Centre for Social and Human Sciences of the CSIC. He has been visiting professor at the universities of Oxford (St. John’s College), Chicago (Tinker Professor) and the School of Oriental and African Studies.
His research has focused on the history of al-Andalus and on the political implications of historical memory. He has directed numerous research projects focusing on both subjects, on which he has also published a large number of articles and book chapters in English, French and German publications.
Previous works include:
- Conquistadores, emires y califas. Los omeyas y la formación de al-Andalus (Editorial Crítica)
- Épocas Medievales (Editorial Crítica)
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