{"product_id":"caliphs-and-kings-spain-7961031-a-history-of-spain-9781118730010","title":"Caliphs and Kings  Spain 7961031 A History of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCALIPHS AND KINGS: ?SPAIN, 796-1031\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe last twenty-five years have seen a renaissance of research and writing on Spanish history. \u003cb\u003eCaliphs and Kings \u003c\/b\u003eoffers a formidable synthesis of existing knowledge as well as an investigation into new historical thinking, perspectives, and methods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A blessing for faculty, but also a very useful introduction for students.”  (\u003ci\u003eH-Soz-u-Kult\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2014)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“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.” (\u003ci\u003eProject Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 June 2014)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Supported by useful royal genealogies and a vast bibliography. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels\/libraries.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenealogies viii  \u003cp\u003eMaps xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Al-Andalus:War and Society, 796–888 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Asturian Kingdom: Chroniclers and Kings, 791–910 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Christians of al-Andalus 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Al-Andalus: Local Government versus the Capital, 888–928 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 TheKingdomofLe´ on, 910–1037 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Al-Andalus: Umayyad Triumph and Disaster, 912–1031 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799–1035 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The County of Castile, c.860–1037 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 304\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406912725335,"sku":"9781118730010","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118730010.jpg?v=1730497536","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/caliphs-and-kings-spain-7961031-a-history-of-spain-9781118730010","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}