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The Arab Conquest of Spain Roger Collins (University of Edinburgh)

The Arab Conquest of Spain By Roger Collins (University of Edinburgh)

The Arab Conquest of Spain by Roger Collins (University of Edinburgh)

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This book, now available in paperback, is a challenging and controversial account of the history of Spain in the eighth century. In it Roger Collins assesses the political and cultural impact on Spain of the first hundred years of Arab rule, focusing upon aspects of continuity and discontinuity with Visigoth Spain.

The Arab Conquest of Spain Summary

The Arab Conquest of Spain: 710 - 797 by Roger Collins (University of Edinburgh)

This book, now available in paperback, is a challenging and controversial account of the history of Spain in the eighth century. In it Roger Collins assesses the political and cultural impact on Spain of the first hundred years of Arab rule, focusing upon aspects of continuity and discontinuity with Visigoth Spain.

The Arab Conquest of Spain Reviews

Collins has composed a spirited and challenging survey of the century; the helpful footnotes on almost every page testify to his extensive erudition ... he writes with the confident air of someone pioneering an invigorating, modern approach to a drab and largely forgotten era, and he deserves a discriminating readership. Times Higher Education Supplement

A challenging picture of eighth-century Spain which gives the kaleidoscope a good shake, allowing students a glimpse of events and trends in that shadowy century in a new light. Muslim World Book Review

About Roger Collins (University of Edinburgh)

Roger Collins was formerly Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Liverpool, and also a Leverhulme Research Fellow. He is the author of The Basques (Blackwell Publishers, second paperback edition 1990).

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations.

Preface.

1. A Developing Kingdom. The Visigoth Twilight? Visigothic Hispania and its Neighbours.

2. Adjusting to Conquest. Problems of Evidence and Interpretation. Military Occupation and the Restoration of Order.

3. The Tenacity of a Tradition. Christian Chroniclers and Arab Rulers. Toledo and the Spanish Church.

4. The Conquerors Divided. A Peaceful Decade in the Peninsula. Wars with the Franks. Arab versus Berber; Arab versus Arab.

5. The Rise of an Adventurer. The Making of a Dynastic Legend. The Umayyad Coup d'etat.

6. A Dynasty of Opportunities. Pelagius and the Asturian Revolt. The Kingdom's Opponents: Muslims and Christians.

7. The Maturing of a Regime. The March to the Ebro. The 'Arab Loevigild'. Administration and Control.

8. Some Winners and Some Losers. The Struggle for the Succession. The Return of the Franks. Adoptionism and the Decline of Toledo.

Index.

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GOR003919627
9780631194057
0631194053
The Arab Conquest of Spain: 710 - 797 by Roger Collins (University of Edinburgh)
Roger Collins (University of Edinburgh)
A History of Spain
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
1994-12-23
256
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