Beschreibung:
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 Spain* Debunks myths and investigates the historiography of existing scholarship of the period
Genealogies viiiMaps xiIntroduction 11 Al-Andalus:War and Society, 796-888 142 The Asturian Kingdom: Chroniclers and Kings, 791-910 503 The Christians of al-Andalus 834 Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North 1045 Al-Andalus: Local Government versus the Capital, 888-928 1216 TheKingdomofLe¿ on, 910-1037 1387 Al-Andalus: Umayyad Triumph and Disaster, 912-1031 1668 The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799-1035 2059 The County of Castile, c.860-1037 238Bibliography 257Glossary 300Acknowledgments 302Index 304