Table of Contents

Preface
Maps

1. By Way of Introduction
2. The Formative Period of al-andalus
3. The Symbolic Articulation of Power
4. Dissidents during the Caliphate Period
5. Ibn Garcia and the Context of His Time
6. The Reading of Ibn Garcia
Conclusions

Bibliography
Index of Proper Names

About the Author

Göran Larsson, Ph.D. (2000) in religious studies, University of Göteborg, is working as a lecturer and researcher in religious history and behavioural science at the University of Göteborg. He has published several articles on the history of al-Andalus, Swedish Oriental studies and Islam in Sweden.