Caliphs and Kings: Spain 796–1031

Formerly a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in the University of Edinburgh, Roger Collins is now a Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology of the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely in medieval Spanish and European history, and his books include: The Basques (Blackwell, 1986), The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710 797 (Blackwell, 1989), Oxford Archaeological Guide to Spain (1998), Charlemagne (1998), Visigothic Spain, 409 711 (Blackwell, 2004), and, most recently, Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy (2009).

Genealogies viii Maps xi Introduction 1 1 Al-Andalus:War and Society, 796 888 14 2 The Asturian Kingdom: Chroniclers and Kings, 791 910 50 3 The Christians of al-Andalus 83 4 Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North 104 5 Al-Andalus: Local Government versus the Capital, 888 928 121 6 TheKingdomofLe' on, 910 1037 138 7 Al-Andalus: Umayyad Triumph and Disaster, 912 1031 166 8 The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799 1035 205 9 The County of Castile, c.860 1037 238 Bibliography 257 Glossary 300 Acknowledgments 302 Index 304