The Arab Conquest of Spain
710 - 797
A History of Spain
1. Auflage Dezember 1994
256 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-19405-7
John Wiley & Sons
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.
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.
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.
"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
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
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).
