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

by Abigail Krasner Balbale

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Winner of the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize

Winner of the Dionisius A. Agius Book Prize

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501781383
• ISBN13: 9781501781384
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"