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Medieval Fez was a main center of education, art, and commerce from the 13th to the 16th centuries after the Berber tribe of the Marīnids seized power in Morocco and moved the capital from Marrakesh to Fez. As non-Arabs they gained legitimacy by founding medresas, religious universities. They also supported the arts and commerce, and expanded their state into an empire. It was the Golden Age of Fez. Maya Shatzmiller draws a historical panorama of this era, highlighting its movers and shakers in locations from North Africa to the Mediterranean world.

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"""Insightful and provocative study of Marinid history and Berber historical identity ... with an interpretive flair."" --The International History Review ""Extremely important [and] invaluable guide"" --Arab Studies Journal ""For an in-depth understanding of contemporary problems, this book is a good place to start. Shatzmiller explains skillfully, based on much original research, the uneasy relation of Berbers to Islam and the state over the course of a millennium."" --Middle East Forum"

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Maya Shatzmiller, University of Western Ontario, is the author of numerous books, including Her Day in Court: Women's Property Rights and Islamic Law in the Fifteenth-Century Grenada.

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