Muslim Spain reconsidered : from 711 to 1502 / Richard Hitchcock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hitchcock, Richard, author.

Series:

New Edinburgh Islamic surveys

The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--History--711-1516.

Spain.

History.

Arabs--Spain.

Arabs.

Physical Description:

x, 219 pages, 12 pages of unnumbered plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2014]

Summary:

A comprehensive new survey of Muslim Spain from 711 to 1502, What made Muslim Spain a unique and successful society? By adopting a multidisciplinary approach within a chronological framework, Richard Hitchcock explores the nature of its powerful legacy in the formation of modern Spain, whilst constantly keeping in view the shifting social patterns caused by the changing balance between town and country, constant military activity, and environmental concerns. The focus is on the main historical developments in al-Andalus, such as the eventual establishment of Islam, the splendour of the Caliphate, the disintegration of central authority, the invasions from North Africa and the continual struggle to retain independence when confronted with the increasingly powerful kingdoms of Aragon and Castile. There is also wide-ranging discussion of inter-faith relations, and intellectual currents created by a unique synthesis of pluralism and external influences. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: The Iberian background

The invasion of the Iberian Peninsula - the eighth century

The establishment of the Umayyad state in al-Andalus - the ninth century

Al-Andalus in the tenth century

The eleventh century - a time of change

Al-Andalus under the rule of the Berber dynasties

The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

The fifteenth century - the final phase of Muslim rule in al-Andalus

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index.

ISBN:

0748639608

9780748639601

0748639594

9780748639595

OCLC:

871644221