Preface List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Community, Infighting, and Factions: From Umayyads to Taifas Alejandro García-Sanjuán Section 1: Political History Origins and Evolution 2 The Collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Origins of the Taifa System Aurélien Montel 3 Small-size and Short-lived Taifas: Gharb al-Andalus Elsa Cardoso 4 The Making and Unmaking of Microstates and Short-lived Powers: Sharq al-Andalus Julián M. Ortega 5 Mid-size Taifas: Cordova, Málaga, Valencia, Granada, and Almería Bruna Soravia 6 Expansionist Taifas: Badajoz, Saragossa, Seville, and Toledo Philippe Sénac Facing the Christian Onslaught 7 The Catalan Counties Xavier Ballestín 8 Navarre and Aragon Carlos Laliena Corbera 9 The Kingdoms of León and Castile against al-Andalus: War and Legitimization (Eleventh Century) Carlos de Ayala Martínez 10 The Muslim Reply: Jihad and Resistance Javier Albarrán The Coming of the Almoravids 11 Help and Cooperation Amira K. Bennison 12 Wiping Out the Taifas Pascal Buresi Section 2: Socio-political Organization: Economic, Artistic, and Scientific Activities Political and Socioeconomic Organization 13 Government and Institutions Alejandro Peláez Martín 14 A Tributary Economy to Boost Links between City and Countryside, Productive Standardization, and the Expansion of Trade Eneko López Martínez de Marigorta 15 Tribes and Ethnicity Bilal Sarr 16 Muslims, Christians, and Jews: A Shifting Landscape Adday Hernández López Artistic, Scientific and Cultural Production 17 Religious Scholars and the Politics of Knowledge Maribel Fierro 18 Literature and Poetry Teresa Garulo 19 The Architecture of Taifa Kingdoms María Marcos Cobaleda and Víctor Rabasco García 20 The Golden Age of Andalusi Science Julio Samsó and Miquel Forcada Part 3: Sources 21 Arabic Written Sources Mayte Penelas 22 The Coinage and Monetary System of the Taifa States Carolina Doménech-Belda 23 Arabic Epigraphy of al-Andalus during the Eleventh Century: The Taifa Kingdoms Antonia Martínez Núñez Index.