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La importancia de la guerra y del guerrero se percibe en todos los ámbitos de las sociedades de la Edad de Hierro, tanto en la Península Ibérica como en el resto de Europa. La guerra condiciona las formas de habitat y de urbanismo, el desarrollo de la metalurgia del hierro, el estatus de las personas según su edad u origen, las estructuras políticas, las relaciones entre comunidades o pueblos e, incluso, las de estos pueblos con el mundo exterior, tal y como lo atestigua la fama conseguida por los mercenarios ibéricos en el mundo antiguo. Este volumen pretende dar cuenta de una parte de ...

Guardia personal del rey, cuerpo de élite de la caballería del ejército que luchaba contra Granada, mercenarios al servicio de la corona castellana o eventuales espía... Todas estas definiciones pueden asociarse a los hombres cuya historia se escribe en este volumen, pero en ellas falta el elemento clave de su excepcionalidad: eran musulmanes.