The use of charity as a means of political legitimation in Umayyad al-Andalus
[EN] The principal aim of this study is to examine the use of charity as a factor of political legitimation by the ruling elite of al-Andalus in the Umayyad period. Accordingly, it explores the degree to which charity was an instrument in the hands of the authori- ties, and the manner in which this...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/147144 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/147144 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Legitimidad Política Caridad Historia social Al-Andalus Omeyas Legitimation Charity Social history Umayyads |
| Sumario: | [EN] The principal aim of this study is to examine the use of charity as a factor of political legitimation by the ruling elite of al-Andalus in the Umayyad period. Accordingly, it explores the degree to which charity was an instrument in the hands of the authori- ties, and the manner in which this strategy was decisive in the process of consolidating power. In a broader sense, this analysis enables us to deepen our knowledge of the political elite in al-Andalus and to elucidate how charitable attitudes reflected a par- ticular conception of power |
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