Muslim Spain Reconsidered : : From 711 to 1502 / / Richard Hitchcock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Hitchcock, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations 4 colour maps and 11 colour photographs in a 12pp plate section

Introduces a unique and successful society, and its powerful legacy in forming modern SpainGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748639601','ISBN:9780748639595','ISBN:9780748678297','ISBN:9780748678310']);What made Muslim Spain a unique and successful society? By adopting a multidisciplinary approach within a chronological framework, Richard Hitchcock explores the nature of Muslim Spain's powerful legacy in the formation of modern Spain, whilst constantly keeping in view the shifting social patterns caused by the changing balance between town and country, constant military activity and concerns about their environment.You will learn about the main historical developments in al-Andalus, such as the eventual establishment of Islam, the splendour of the Caliphate, the disintegration of central authority, the invasions from North Africa and the ongoing struggle to retain independence when confronted with the increasingly powerful Kingdoms of Aragon and Castile. You will also find wide-ranging discussions of inter-faith relations and the intellectual currents created by Spain's unique synthesis of pluralism and external influences."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction: Iberian background -- 1 The invasion of the Iberian Peninsula - the eighth century -- 2 The establishment of the Umayyad state in al-Andalus - the ninth century -- 3 Al-Andalus in the tenth century -- 4 The eleventh century - a time of change -- 5 Al-Andalus under the rule of the Berber dynasties -- 6 The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries -- 7 The fifteenth century - the final phase of Muslim rule in al-Andalus -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index