The politics of book burning in al-Andalus

Bibliographic Data

ID12921969
AuthorsJanina M Safran (0000-0002-4393-6162, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume6
Issue2
Pages148-168
Publication date2014-06-23
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Medieval Iberian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1754-6559 • E-ISSN: 1754-6567
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17546559.2014.925134
OpenAlexW2018034641
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited26

Six public book burnings took place in al-Andalus and the Maghrib from the middle of the tenth to the end of the twelfth century under five different regimes: Umayyad, Amirid, Abbadid, Almoravid, and Almohad. Examining each book burning in its political context provides insight into how rulers and jurists negotiated power in varied ways. Locating each burning in a developing series deepens understanding of its significance as a particular expression of negotiated power in comparative terms, and demonstrates how book burning became a symbol linking successive regimes

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy

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