Medievalists.net » Berbers http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Andalusi origins of the Berbers http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/the-andalusi-origins-of-the-berbers/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/the-andalusi-origins-of-the-berbers/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:45:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29477 How could the Berbers originate in al-Andalus when everyone knows they are the original inhabitants of North Africa? One of the goals of this article is to show that asking the question in this way is part of the problem and that it stands in the way of securing the soundness of historical interpretations of the past.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/the-andalusi-origins-of-the-berbers/feed/ 0 The Origins of Amazigh Women’s Power in North Africa: An Historical Overview http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/04/the-origins-of-amazigh-women%e2%80%99s-power-in-north-africa-an-historical-overview/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/04/the-origins-of-amazigh-women%e2%80%99s-power-in-north-africa-an-historical-overview/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:04:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22420 The Origins of Amazigh Women’s Power in North Africa: An Historical Overview By Ulbani Aït Frawsen and L’Hocine Ukerdi Al-Raida, Vol.20 (2003) Introduction: The term “Amazigh” denotes the major linguistic minority of North Africa. However, “Berber” still remains the more widely used ethno-linguistic word for them. In antiquity, the Romans and Byzantines used this term […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/04/the-origins-of-amazigh-women%e2%80%99s-power-in-north-africa-an-historical-overview/feed/ 0 Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/21/opposing-identity-muslims-christians-and-the-military-orders-in-rural-aragon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/21/opposing-identity-muslims-christians-and-the-military-orders-in-rural-aragon/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:20:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=18828 Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon Gerrard, Christopher Medieval Archaeology, Vol.43 (2000) Abstract This paper addresses the issue of identity among Christian and Muslim groups in medieval Spain after the Reconquest in the 12th century. A wide variety of archaeological evidence, including artefacts, graffiti, settlement morphology and standing buildings, demonstrates that ethnic and […]

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