Description
Book SynopsisIt aims to fill the gap between specialised volumes on specific aspects of Muslim Spain and derivative surveys of the field that lack an academic coherence.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Background: Invasion and Settlement; 2. Establishment of a quid pro quo in al-Andalus; 3. Chaos in the Ninth Century; 4. The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba; 5. The Influence of Islam in Christian Territories of Iberia; 6. Islamic Culture in the Heyday of al-Andalus; 7. The Collapse of the Islamic State and the Emergence of the Taifas; 8. The Change of Power in the Iberian Peninsula in the Eleventh Century; 9. Revitalisation: the Murabitun and the Muwahhidun; 10. A Case Study: Toledo from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Centuries; 11. The Nasrids of Granada; Conclusion; Bibliography.
