The Wolf King: Ibn Mardanish and the Construction of Power in Al-Andalus

by Abigail Krasner Balbale

The Wolf King explores how political power was conceptualized, constructed, and wielded in twelfth-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardanīsh (r. 1147-1172). Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as el rey lobo/rex lupus and denigrated by Almohad and later Arabic sources as irreligious and disloyal to fellow Muslims because he fought the Almohads and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501765876
• ISBN13: 9781501765872
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"