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Caliphs and Kings

Spain, 796-1031

Collins, Roger

A History of Spain

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1. Auflage April 2012
328 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-631-18184-2
John Wiley & Sons

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Caliphs and Kings explores the three hundred year rule of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain (756-1031), a period still remembered by the beautiful architecture and art left behind when civil war destroyed the Cordoba caliphate. Illustrating the dividing--not uniting--forces of this period in Spanish history, Caliphs and Kings challenges the popular idea that the Umayyad reign was a time of simplistic, multicultural peace, and shows that its true dimensions were far more complex--much like multicultural relationships today.

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Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony - revealing a fuller, more complex picture of this fascinating period.
* Presents new ideas and interpretations of a fascinating yet much misunderstood period of Spanish and Islamic history
* A broad and complex treatment of the tenure of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain
* Debunks myths and investigates the historiography of existing scholarship of the period

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)
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).

R. Collins, University of Edinburgh, UK