Le Maghreb médiéval et l’Antiquité
Did the mediaeval Maghreb acknowledge an Antiquity? The question may appear naive, but it is fully justified by even the most superficial familiarity with the mediaeval Maghreb. There is a veritable epistemological cut-off between ancient Africa and the mediaeval Maghreb, to the extent that the latt...
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| description | Did the mediaeval Maghreb acknowledge an Antiquity? The question may appear naive, but it is fully justified by even the most superficial familiarity with the mediaeval Maghreb. There is a veritable epistemological cut-off between ancient Africa and the mediaeval Maghreb, to the extent that the latter seems to draw practically nothing from the former. There is a tremendous cultural, intellectual and identitary cleavage dividing the ancient/anti-Islamic heritage of Mohammed’s Arabia from the mediaeval Maghreb. For instance, the people of the Maghreb, heirs of Juba, Apuleius or Augustine, would unconsciously erase these from memory, recalling only the Queen of Sheba, the ancient Arab kingdoms and the poets of anti-Islamic Arabia. An Andalusi translation of Orosius was the only source that enabled a few rare writers (chiefly Ibn Khaldun) to inject some nuance into the unreal vision of Antiquity pervading the rest of Maghrebi historiography. |
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| title | Le Maghreb médiéval et l’Antiquité |
| title_full | Le Maghreb médiéval et l’Antiquité |
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| title_short | Le Maghreb médiéval et l’Antiquité |
| title_sort | le maghreb medieval et l antiquite |
| topic | historiography Antiquity Arabs /Berbers Ibn Khaldun Maghreb Orosius |
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