The Mercenary Mediterranean_ Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon - Hussein Fancy

122 chapter six instance, with renewed prestige, Mūsā b. Raḥḥū was able to reconcile with the powers in Fez. He arranged for the ...

the worst men in the world 123 Rivalries among the leaders of the Ghuzāh also emerged as a defining feature of their history, on ...

124 chapter six convinced the sultan to arrest the last known commander of the Ghuzāh and take direct control of these soldiers ...

the worst men in the world 125 The Skeletonization of Fact From the beginning of Islamic history, the meaning of jihād has been ...

126 chapter six standard reference work for Mālikī jurists. In this collection, al- Wansharīsi considered it impossible for Mudé ...

the worst men in the world 127 in general.^52 As opposed to legal theory (uṣūl al- fiqh), these opinions were born out of practi ...

128 chapter six jurists continued to practice should be considered part of Islamic terri- tory (dār al- Islām).^60 And to cite o ...

the worst men in the world 129 jurists but also soldiers struggled to reconcile their service for a Christian king with their be ...

130 chapter six that they were willing to join the Crown against Castile.^72 In other words, the Crown of Aragon had become a re ...

the worst men in the world 131 At the same moment al- ‘Abbās presented Jaume with this agreement, the Aragonese king signed and ...

132 chapter six Three final stipulations, however, throw their relationship into sharper relief. Rather than a moment of good fa ...

the worst men in the world 133 January 1304 , Jaume received a complaint from Muḥammad III that al- ‘Abbās and his troops had at ...

134 chapter six al- ‘Abbās’ attitude had grown increasingly bad, particularly after receiv- ing news of the king’s truce (la car ...

the worst men in the world 135 The Limit of Loyalty The situation, however, could not hold. After several raids from Muslim Gran ...

136 chapter six Granadan cavalry (e aqui donaren se los uns abs los altres de grans colps). For their part, the Templars dispatc ...

the worst men in the world 137 Templars and jenets could convey “profit and honor.” While perhaps only rhetorical in intent, Ber ...

138 chapter six of the Marīnid ruler. The Marīnid sultan asked Montegut to retake pos- session of al- ‘Abbās’ castles in Murcia ...

the worst men in the world 139 treasonous collaboration.^120 Nevertheless, al- ‘Abbās remained a staunch enemy of the Crown of A ...

epilogue Medievalism and Secularism I set out to write a different book. Long before I stumbled across the jenets, I knew the ki ...

medievalism and secularism 141 the village, this strange alliance had a powerful and polarizing social im- pact. The presence of ...