medieval worlds • no. 8 • 2018 Transcultural Contacts and Literary Exchanges
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medieval worlds • no. 8 • 2018 Transcultural Contacts and Literary Exchanges
ISSN 2412-3196 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8441-6 Online Edition
Courtney Luckhardt
S. 86 - 108 doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no8_2018s86 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no8_2018s86
Abstract: Travel and communication in the early medieval period were fundamental parts of people’s conceptions about temporal and spiritual power, which in turn demonstrated a ruler’s legitimacy. Examining the role of messengers and diplomatic envoys between the first Umayyad caliph of al-Andalus, ‘Abd al-Rahman III, and his fellow tenth-century rulers in Christian kingdoms, including the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos and the first Holy Roman emperor, Otto I, illuminates internal and external negotiations that defined the pluralistic Iberian society in the early Middle Ages. Formal religious and ethnic differences among Muslim rulers and non-Muslim messengers enhanced the articulation of political legitimacy by the caliph. Diplomatic correspondence with foreign rulers using the multiplicity of talents and ethno-religious identities of their subjects was part of the social order provided by the Andalusi rulers and produced by those they ruled, demonstrating the political authority of the Umayyad caliphate. Keywords: diplomacy, messengers, al-Andalus, political authority, ‘Abd al-Rahman III, Muslim-Christian relations Published Online: 2018/11/30 09:32:46 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5572 0x003a16ee Rights: .
medieval worlds provides a forum for comparative, interdisciplinary and transcultural studies of the Middle Ages. Its aim is to overcome disciplinary boundaries, regional limits and national research traditions in Medieval Studies, to open up new spaces for discussion, and to help developing global perspectives. We focus on the period from c. 400 to 1500 CE but do not stick to rigid periodization.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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