The Preaching of the Almohads: Loyalty and Resistance across the Strait of Gibraltar.

One of the lacunas in Almohad scholarship is the role that preaching played in disseminating Almohad ideology throughout the empire and its contributions to fostering unity between Muslim Iberia and the Maghrib. This article analyzes the distinctive rhetorical, ritual, and juridical features of the...

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Publicado en:Medieval Encounters Vol. 19; no. 1/2; pp. 71 - 102
Autor principal: Jones, Linda G.
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2013
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