À l'extrémité de l'Islam médiéval : élites urbaines et islamisation en Algarve - article ; n°2 ; vol.53, pg 361-381

Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales - Année 1998 - Volume 53 - Numéro 2 - Pages 361-381
At the Edge of Medieval Islam Urban Elites and Islamisation in the Algarve. MARIN. The article analyses the islamisation of the extreme Western region in the Iberian Peninsula (the Algarve). This process while following the general trends of the whole of the history of al-Andalus presents certain peculiarities among them late development (by the second half of the 4th/10th century) of the scholarly activities of the ulama. Reasons for this late appearance are proposed, through an exa mination of Arabic sources which shows the establishment of Arab cultural models prior to the process of islamisation itself. Finally attention is given to the role played by the ulama in shaping the Islamic character of society. As members of urban elites, scholars the Algarve established their own family networks (mainly of non Arab origin), played an active role in local politics and, in significant number of cases, displayed life styles of extreme asceticism.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.