Ciudades y poder político en al-Andalus. Una hipótesis sobre el origen de las revueltas urbanas en Murcia en el siglo XIII
Throughout the 13th century a succession of urban revolts took place in al-Andalus, which caused the withdrawal of the Almohad Empire and the establishment of the third taifas, initially led by Muhammad b. Yūsuf b. Hūd al-Mutawakkil. The inability of this emir to hold together this newly-built state, and the continuous insurrections inside and utside of Murcia have led historians to investigate the nature of political power during this period. This article examines each one of these proposals and, on the basis of an analysis of some socio-economic aspects relating to Murcia (being a representative city of al-Andalus and capital of the hūdi movement during the first half of the thirteenth century), proposes a hypothesis on the nature of its power.
La alquería y su territorio en Al-Andalus: estrategias sociales de organización y conservación
In this article we try to analyze the alqueria territory in al-Andalus and the communitarian strategies used to preserver it. The alqueria space was divided in different sections or parts, each of which had a different economic function and a different legal status. Some of the strategies for its preservation seem to have been inspired by similar familiar strategies, and their aims were to guarantee the autonomy of each community (aljama).
El tiempo del agua. El regadío y su organización en la Granada islámica
The following is analysis of the outer urban area of Granada during Moorish times, above all during the Nasri period (XIII-XV th), in wich a study is made of the development of systems of irrigation and the society which sustained these systems. It will show that the avaible arable land, together with methods of irrigation (all the land included in this analysis is subject to irrigation), underwent changes which reflected the changes suffered by contemporany society. These were different system to distribute water: namely the clan system (in its broad sense), the topographic system, and the buy-sell system of allotted times. Irrigation was connected as much to social structures as to islamic culture itself. For instance, allotted times for irrigation for some acequias were organised around the Muslim prayer schedule.