The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (1232-1492) was the last Islamic state in al-Andalus. It has long been considered a historical afterthought, even an anomaly, but this impression must be rectified: here we place the kingdom in a new context, within the processes of change that were taking place across all Western Islamic societies in the late Middle Ages. Despite being the last Islamic entity in the Iberian Peninsula, Granada was neither isolated nor exclusively associated with the nearest Islamic lands. The special relationship between Nasrid territory and the surrounding Christian states accelerated historical processes of change. This volume edited by Adela Fábregas examines the Nasrid kingdom through its politics, society, economics, and culture.
Adela Fábregas, Ph.D. (2000), University of Granada, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at that University. She works on the economy of the Nasrid kingdom. She has published monographs and articles also on the subject, including âOther Markets: Complementary Commercial Zones in the Nasrid World of the Western Mediterranean,â Al-Masaq 25 (2013).
For readers interested in the history of the Islamic world, especially Western Islam, in the late Middle Ages, and in enriching their knowledge of the history of al-Andalus.