The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 2: Language, Religion, Culture and the Sciences

Description

These two volumes present a conspectus of current research on the history and culture of early medieval Spain and Portugal, from the time of the Arab conquest in 711 up to the fall of the caliphate. They trace the impact of Islamisation on the pre-existing Roman and Visigothic political and social structures, the continuing interaction between Christian and Muslim, and describe the particular development and characteristics of Muslim Spain-al-Andalus. Together, they comprise 38 articles, of which 32 have been translated into English specially for this publication. The first volume focuses on political and social history, and looks in detail at settlement patterns and urbanisation; the second examines questions of language and covers the brilliant cultural and intellectual history of the period. Contents Acknowledgements General Editor’s Preface Introduction Language and Religion 1. The Language Situation in al-Andalus • David Wasserstein 2. The End of Written Ladino in al-Andalus • Roger Wright 3. The Christological Consequences of Muslim-Christian Confrontation in Eighth-Century Spain • Dominique Urvoy Intellectual and Artistic Developments The Traditional Islamic Sciences 4. The Role of Men of Religion in the History of Muslim Spain up to the End of the Caliphate • Hussain Monès 5. Reflections on Mālikism under the Umayyads of Spain • Hady-Roger Idris Mysticism and Philosophy 6. Zuhhād of al-Andalus (300/912–420/1029) • Manuela Marín 7. A Report on the Publication of Previously Unedited Works by Ibn Masarra • Emilio Tornero History 8. Some Remarks on Fatḥ al-Andalus • Claudio Sánchez Albornoz 9. Egypt and the Origins of Arabic Spanish Historiography: a Contribution to the Study of the Earliest Sources for the History of Islamic Spain • Maḥmūd ‘Alī Makkī Literature 10. ‘Abbās ibn Firnās • Elias Teres 11. An Oriental Tale in the History of al-Andalus • Fernando de la Granja Art and Architecture 12. The Basilica of San Vicente and the Great Mosque of Córdoba: a New Look at the Sources • Manuel Ocaña Jiménez The Exact and Natural Sciences Astronomy: the Arab Tradition 13. ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Ḥabīb’s Book on the Stars • Paul Kunitzsch 14. Books of Anwā’ in al-Andalus • Miquel Forcada Astronomy: the Indian Heritage 15. Indian Astronomy in Medieval Spain • David Pingree Astronomy and Mathematics: the Greek Heritage 16. The Contents of Qāsim ibn Muṭarrif al-Qaṭṭan’s Kitāb al-hay’a • Josep Casulleras 17. The Mathematical Works of Maslama of Madrid • Juan Vernet and María-Asunción Cátala 18. The ‘Meridian of Water’ in the Tables of Geographical Coordinates of al-Andalus and North Africa • Mercê Comes Medicine and Pharmacology: the Greek Tradition 19. Medicine in al-Andalus until the Fall of the Caliphate • Margarita Castells 20. Sa‘īd ibn ‘Abd Rabbih’s Urjūza fī l-ṭibb • Rosa Kuhne 21. Ibn Juljul’s Treatise of Medicaments not Mentioned by Dioscorides • Ildefonso Garijo Index