Contents

Introduction

Bibliography

1 Pagan Poets (A.D. 500–622)

2 The Qur’an

3 Court Culture (7th-8th centuries)

4 Widening Horizons (c. 750–c. 900)

5 The Wandering Scholars (c. 900–c. 1175)

6 The Lost Kingdoms of the Arabs: Andalusia

7 Servitude and Military Grandeur

Index

Acknowledgements