Christians and Moors in Spain. Volume 3, Arab sources / Charles Melville & Ahmad Ubaydli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter), 1951- author.

ʻUbaydlī, Aḥmad, author.

Series:

Aris & Phillips Hispanic classics.

Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--Spain--History--Sources.

Christians.

Muslims--Spain--History--Sources.

Muslims.

Spain--Civilization--711-1516--Sources.

Spain.

Spain--Ethnic relations--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxbow Books, 2014.

Summary:

The last two volumes in this series have looked at the confrontation between Christian and Moor in Medieval Spain exclusively from the Christian side.This book attemps to redress the balance by looking at many of the same incidents from the Moslem point of view.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Map of Spain

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Booklist

TEXTS

73. The Muslim conquest of Spain (92/711)

74. A treaty with the ruler of Murcia (94/713)

75. The murder of 'Abd al-'Aziz (97/716)

76. Christian resistance begins (c. 117/735 and 136n53)

77. The price of peace (92/759)

78. Campaigns against the Christians (193-94/809-10)

79. Muslims celebrate Christian festivals (mid 9th century)

80. A Muslim renegade (286/899 and 316/928)

81. The Christians in Cordova (early 10th century)

82. The reverse at Simancas - Alhandega and the return of al-Nasir's Qur'an (327-30/939-41)

83. A description of Christian Spain (10th century)

84. The dying regrets of Ibn Abi 'Amir aI-Mansur (392/1002)

85. Castilian involvement in the fall of Cordova (400/1009)

86. Ferdinand captures Coimbra (456/1064)

87. The Crusade against Barbastro (456/1064)

88. Forbidden love (about 1075)

89. Getting away with murder (about 1075)

90. The status of property plundered from the Galera region (late 11th century)

91. Alfonso VI before the fall of Toledo (478/1085)

92. The writing on the wall (478/1085)

93. The Battle of Zallaqa (479/1086)

94. The Cid captures Valencia (487/1094)

95. The recovery of Valencia (495/1102)

96. Rules for the Christians (early 12th century)

97. Pisan raids on the Balearics (508/1114)

98. Innovations in al-Andalus (early 12th century)

99. The illegal trade in plundered property (about 518/1124)

100. Christian treachery in Andalusia (519/1125)

101. The battle of Alarcos (591/1195)

102. The Muslim disaster at Las Navas de Tolosa (609/1212)

103. Tit for tat (614/1217)

104. A lament for the loss of Seville (646/1248)

105. The Muslims revolt in southern Spain (662/1264)

106. Black and white (684/1285).

107. A diplomatic request (724/1324)

108. The defeat at Tarifa (741/1340)

109. The fall of Gibraltar and its aftermath (869/1469)

110. The capture of Alhama (887/1482)

111. A lament on the fall of Granada (897/1492)

112. The final agonies (1492-1501)

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 16, 2017).

ISBN:

9781786948502

1786948508

OCLC:

1002015852