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Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031

By Roger Collins(auth.) , John Lynch(eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2012
ISBN
9780631181842, 9781118273968
DOI
10.1002/9781118273968
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1974416 bytes)
Pages
327\327
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

Description

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 Content: Chapter 1 Al?Andalus (pages 14–49): Chapter 2 The Asturian Kingdom (pages 50–82): Chapter 3 The Christians of al?Andalus (pages 83–103): Chapter 4 Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North (pages 104–120): Chapter 5 Al?Andalus (pages 121–137): Chapter 6 The Kingdom of Leon, 910–1037 (pages 138–165): Chapter 7 Al?Andalus (pages 166–204): Chapter 8 The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799–1035 (pages 205–237): Chapter 9 The County of Castile, c.860–1037 (pages 238–256):

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