Caliphs and Kings (eBook)
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John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-27399-9 (ISBN)
The last twenty-five years have seen a renaissance of research and writing on Spanish history. Caliphs and Kings offers a formidable synthesis of existing knowledge as well as an investigation into new historical thinking, perspectives, and methods.
The nearly three-hundred-year rule of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain (756-1031) has been hailed by many as an era of unprecedented harmony and mutual tolerance between the three great religious faiths in the Iberian Peninsula - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - the like of which has never been seen since. And yet, as this book demonstrates, historical reality defies the myth. Though the middle of the tenth century saw a flowering of artistic culture and sophistication in the Umayyad court and in the city of Córdoba, this period was all too shortlived and localized. Eventually, twenty years of civil war caused the implosion of the Umayyad regime. It is through the forces that divided - not united - the disparate elements in Spanish society that we may best glean its nature and its lessons. Caliphs and Kings is devoted to better understanding those circumstances, as historian Roger Collins takes a fresh look at certainties, both old and new, to strip ninth- and tenth-century Spain of its mythic narrative, revealing the more complex truth beneath.
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
"A blessing for faculty, but also a very useful
introduction for students." (H-Soz-u-Kult, March
2014)
"Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031is a book for
readers who seek interesting stories culled from Christian
historical sources from the period from 796-1031, rather than
for those who seek a book on the caliphal aspects of the same
period." (Project Muse, 1 June 2014)
"Supported by useful royal genealogies and a vast
bibliography. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All
levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 November 2012)
'Dr Collins has provided a commendably clear, insightful and scholarly guide to the Umayyad period in Iberia. This latest volume maintains the high standard of Wiley-Blackwell's distinguished History of Spain series.' --Simon Barton, University of Exeter
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2012 |
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Reihe/Serie | A History of Spain | A History of Spain |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Schlagworte | European Medieval History • Geschichte • Geschichte des europäischen Mittelalters • Geschichte des europäischen Mittelalters • Geschichte des Mittelalters (500-1500) • History • Medieval History (500-1500) |
ISBN-10 | 1-118-27399-0 / 1118273990 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-27399-9 / 9781118273999 |
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