Medievalists.net » al-Andalus http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Achievements of Albucasis in the Field of Oral Surgery http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/the-achievements-of-albucasis-in-the-field-of-oral-surgery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/the-achievements-of-albucasis-in-the-field-of-oral-surgery/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:27:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59399 In this research, we are going to study the Historical period where Albucasis lived, and the famous physicians there. Then we have to study the most important achievements of Albucasis in oral surgery

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/the-achievements-of-albucasis-in-the-field-of-oral-surgery/feed/ 0 Some Pharmaceutical Recipes for the Treatment of the Bubonic Pest Contained into the Kitab Al-Tahsil of Ibn Khatima (d.1369) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/pharmaceutical-recipes-treatment-bubonic-pest-contained-kitab-al-tahsil-ibn-khatima-d-1369/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/pharmaceutical-recipes-treatment-bubonic-pest-contained-kitab-al-tahsil-ibn-khatima-d-1369/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:04:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51393 This paper is a study of fragments of the work entitled in Arabic Tahsil gharad al-qasid fi-tafsil al-marad al-wafid, which was written in the 14th century by the well known Spanish physician Ibn Khatima

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/pharmaceutical-recipes-treatment-bubonic-pest-contained-kitab-al-tahsil-ibn-khatima-d-1369/feed/ 0 Managing the Commons: The role of the elites in the uses of common lands in the Midlands of the kingdom of Valencia during the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/managing-the-commons-the-role-of-the-elites-in-the-uses-of-common-lands-in-the-midlands-of-the-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/managing-the-commons-the-role-of-the-elites-in-the-uses-of-common-lands-in-the-midlands-of-the-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:38:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45946 In a recent paper, Danie Curtis has given a framework for classifying preindustrial societies in accordance with four variables, these are, the property, the power, the market of basic products and the modes of production.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/managing-the-commons-the-role-of-the-elites-in-the-uses-of-common-lands-in-the-midlands-of-the-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The role of women in medieval Andalusian Arabic story-telling http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/16/the-role-of-women-in-medieval-andalusian-arabic-story-telling/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/16/the-role-of-women-in-medieval-andalusian-arabic-story-telling/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:28:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45842 Our aim in this paper is to collect anecdotes about women whose existence is well established in history, and to determine why they have been considered worth mentioning in literary or historical works.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/16/the-role-of-women-in-medieval-andalusian-arabic-story-telling/feed/ 0 The Caliph’s Favorite: New Light from Manuscript Sources on Hasdai ibn Shaprut of Cordova http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/13/the-caliphs-favorite-new-light-from-manuscript-sources-on-hasdai-ibn-shaprut-of-cordova/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/13/the-caliphs-favorite-new-light-from-manuscript-sources-on-hasdai-ibn-shaprut-of-cordova/#comments Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:54:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44243 By approximately 930, the Jewish family of Hasdai son of Joseph ibn Shaprut had moved from their hometown of Jaen to the Muslim capital of Cordova,

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/13/the-caliphs-favorite-new-light-from-manuscript-sources-on-hasdai-ibn-shaprut-of-cordova/feed/ 0 Building the past through the eyes of the present: Were the Kingdoms of Medieval Spain a model of tolerance? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/08/building-the-past-through-the-eyes-of-the-present-were-the-kingdoms-of-medieval-spain-a-model-of-tolerance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/08/building-the-past-through-the-eyes-of-the-present-were-the-kingdoms-of-medieval-spain-a-model-of-tolerance/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:12:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44142 In this paper I am going to look at the ways in which contemporary concerns have shaped historians’ depictions of Medieval Iberian societies, and how that distant past is now used by politicians.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/08/building-the-past-through-the-eyes-of-the-present-were-the-kingdoms-of-medieval-spain-a-model-of-tolerance/feed/ 0 Coexistence among the Peoples of the Book under Abd al-Rahman III http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/16/coexistence-among-the-peoples-of-the-book-under-abd-al-rahman-iii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/16/coexistence-among-the-peoples-of-the-book-under-abd-al-rahman-iii/#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:55:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42885 A policy of coexistence among the Peoples of the Book was pursued by Abd al-Rahman III as such an existence was conducive to economic prosperity. To pursue these ends, the Jewish community was tolerated and protected, while the muwallads, mozarabs and Christian principalities were managed through violence and enforced cooperation within the Iberian Peninsula.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/16/coexistence-among-the-peoples-of-the-book-under-abd-al-rahman-iii/feed/ 0 Fraxinetum: An Islamic Frontier State in Tenth Century Provence http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/03/fraxinetum-an-islamic-frontier-state-in-tenth-century-provence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/03/fraxinetum-an-islamic-frontier-state-in-tenth-century-provence/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:48:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41900 How did a Muslim mini-state emerge on the southern coast of France in the tenth century?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/03/fraxinetum-an-islamic-frontier-state-in-tenth-century-provence/feed/ 0 Christian reactions to Muslim conquests (1st-3rd centuries AH; 7th-9th centuries AD) http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/07/christian-reactions-to-muslim-conquests-1st-3rd-centuries-ah-7th-9th-centuries-ad/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/07/christian-reactions-to-muslim-conquests-1st-3rd-centuries-ah-7th-9th-centuries-ad/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:49:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40318 We in fact find a great diversity of reactions to Muslim expansion from Christian authors, depending on their particular circumstances and point of view

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/07/christian-reactions-to-muslim-conquests-1st-3rd-centuries-ah-7th-9th-centuries-ad/feed/ 0 Thieves of Pleasure: A vicious fraternal war rewards Alfonso VI with the artistic and poetic treasures of al-Andalus http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/thieves-of-pleasure-a-vicious-fraternal-war-rewards-alfonso-vi-with-the-artistic-and-poetic-treasures-of-al-andalus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/thieves-of-pleasure-a-vicious-fraternal-war-rewards-alfonso-vi-with-the-artistic-and-poetic-treasures-of-al-andalus/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:45:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39346 As the balance of power began to shift from Muslim to Christian, a power struggle erupted among Christian rulers that would continue for generations, even as the light of Arabic poetry burned bright enough to influences centuries of Western verse.

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