Reforms of Abd al-Rahman II

The History of Spain Podcast

This is episode 30 called Reforms of Abd al-Rahman II and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- Global context of the first half of the 9th century
- A background of Emir Abd al-Rahman II
- The early dynastic and territorial revolts of his reign
- How Abd al-Rahman II reformed and reorganized the administration of the Emirate of Córdoba, in emulation to the centralized model of the Abbasid Caliphate
- The sophistication of the Cordoban court and the economic and fiscal reforms
- The ambitious civil and religious construction program of Abd al-Rahman’s reign
- How Ziryab transformed the culture of al-Andalus and the cultural, intellectual and artistic changes that were coming from the East
- The foreign policy objective and implementation of projecting the political and commercial power of the Emirate of Córdoba in the Western Mediterranean
- The other foreign policy objective to maintain the supremacy of Córdoba in the Iberian Peninsula
- A reflection on the limits of Abd al-Rahman’s reforms