Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xix
6. Transliteration and Dates xxi
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter 1. Beginnings 27
9. Chapter 2. Theological and Legal Schools 61
10. Chapter 3. Intellectual Elites 81
11. Chapter 4. Neoplatonist Inroads 102
12. Chapter 5. Aristotelian Neo-Orthodoxy and Andalusian Revolts 124
13. Conclusion 162
14. References 171
15. Index 213