Samuel Parsons Scott (1846-1929) was a US attorney, financier and independent scholar. He used his wealth to travel extensively in Spain and throughout Europe and built up a personal library of some 8,000 volumes on ancient and medieval history, and law. Among his writings are a translation of Las Siete Partidas (the medieval statutory code of Castile). The History of the Moorish Empire in Europe was esteemed by Muslims for the high regard Scott showed for Islam. Elizabeth Drayson is Emeritus Fellow in Spanish at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on medieval Spanish literature and cultural history, and the relationship between Arabic, Jewish and Christian culture during the Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Her books include Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada (forthcoming), The Moor's Last Stand: How Seven Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End (2017) and The Lead Books of Granada (2013).

Volume I
Introduction by Elizabeth Drayson
Author's Preface
Chapter I: The Ancient Arabians
Chapter II: The Rise, Progess, and Influence of Islam
Chapter III: The Conquest of Al-Maghreb
Chapter IV: The Visigothic Monarchy
Chapter V: The Invasion and Conquest of Spain
Chapter VI: The Emirate
Chapter VII: Foundation of the Spanish Monarchy
Chapter VIII: The Ommeyades; Reign of Abd-al-Rahman I
Chapter IX: Reign of Hischem I; Reign of Al-Hakem I
Chapter X: Reign of Abd-al-Rahman II; Reign of Mohammed
Chapter XI: Reign of Al-Mondhir; Reign of Abdallah
Chapter XII: Reign of Abd-al-Rahman III
Chapter XIII: Reign of Al-Hakem II
Chapter XIV: Reign of Hischem II

Volume II
Chapter XV: The Moslem Domination in Sicily
Chapter XVI: The Principalities of Moorish Spain
Chpater XVII: Wars with the Christians; The Almoravides
Chapter XVIII: The Empire of the Almohades
Chapter XIX: The Progess of the Christian Arms
Chapter XX: Prosecution of the Reconquest
Chapter XXI: The Last War with Granada
Chapter XXII: Termination of the Reconquest

Volume III
Chapter XXIII: Influence of the Moors on Europe Through the Empire of Frederick II and the States of Southern France
Chapter XXIV: The Spanish Jews
Chapter XXV: The Christians Under Moslem Rule
Chapter XXVI: The Moriscoes
Chapter XXVII: General Condition of Europe from the VIII to the XVI Century
Chapter XXVIII: The Hispano-Arab Age of Literature and Science
Chapter XXIX: Moorish Art in Southern Europe
Chapter XXX: Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce of the European Moslems; Their Manners, Customs, and Amusements