Guardians of Islam
Subtitle: religious authority and Muslim communities of late medieval Spain
By: Kathryn A. Miller Columbia University Press.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231136129; 9780231509831
Subjects: Muslims -- Spain -- History; Mudéjares -- Spain -- History; Spain -- Civilization -- Islamic influences; Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Muslim exclaves in Christian Spain; title: On the border of infidelity; title: From Dar al-Islam to Dar al-Harb : landscapes of mudejar Spain; title: Transmitting knowledge and building networks; title: Write it down!; title: Pretending to be jurists; title: The scholar's jihad, the mudejar mosque, and preaching; title: Captive redemption : from dar al-harb to dar al-Islam.