Caliphs and kings [electronic resource] : Spain, 796-1031 / Roger Collins.
2012
DP99 .C584 2012eb
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Caliphs and kings [electronic resource] : Spain, 796-1031 / Roger Collins.
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9781118273982 (electronic book)
9780631181842
9780631181842
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Chichester [England] ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012.
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English
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1 online resource (314 p.) : ill., maps.
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DP99 .C584 2012eb
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946/.02
Summary
Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony - revealing a fuller, more complex picture of this fascinating period. Presents new ideas and interpretations of a fascinating yet much misunderstood period of Spanish and Islamic history A broad and complex treatment of the tenure of the Umayyad dynasty in SpainDebunks myths and investigates the historiography of existing scholarship of the period.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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History of Spain.
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Table of Contents
Al-Andalus : war and society, 796-888
The Asturian kingdom : chroniclers and kings, 791-910
The Christians of al-Andalus
Monks, books and saints in the Christian north
Al-Andalus : local government versus the capital, 888-928
The kingdom of León, 910-1037
Al-Andalus : Umayyad triumph and disaster, 912-1031
The kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean counties, 799-1035
The county of Castile, c. 860-1037.
The Asturian kingdom : chroniclers and kings, 791-910
The Christians of al-Andalus
Monks, books and saints in the Christian north
Al-Andalus : local government versus the capital, 888-928
The kingdom of León, 910-1037
Al-Andalus : Umayyad triumph and disaster, 912-1031
The kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean counties, 799-1035
The county of Castile, c. 860-1037.