Why This Source Matters
Glick helps keep early al-Andalus connected to neighboring Christian Iberia and to the social systems that shaped daily life. It is especially valuable when an article needs more than dynastic sequence: agriculture, irrigation, technology, settlement, and cross-cultural contact all sit closer to the center of the analysis.
Best Uses
Use this source for early medieval society, agricultural change, irrigation, technology transfer, settlement patterns, and the vocabulary of contact between Islamic and Christian Spain.
Limits
Its strength is early medieval social and economic history, not every period of al-Andalus. Pair it with Kennedy for political chronology, Harvey or Arie for late Nasrid Granada, and Constable for trade-focused claims.
Citation Practice
Cite Glick when a claim needs early medieval social, cultural, technological, or economic framing. Avoid using it as a shortcut for late medieval, Morisco, or modern legacy claims.
Stable Access
Page-Range Guidance
The Brill record verifies the DOI, scope, and table of contents, but exact page spans still need to be checked against the Brill PDF or a print copy before the site uses pinpoint citations. For the most-used site claims, route checks this way first: conquest, conversion, and early political formation to chapter 1; agriculture, irrigation, settlement, and frontier landscape to chapter 2; urbanization and commerce to chapter 3; social structure and ethnic relations to chapters 4-5; technology, science, and knowledge transfer to chapters 7-9.