History of the Conquest of Spain by the Arab Moors / / Henry Coppee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Coppee, Henry,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS OF VOLUME I --; BOOK I. FROM MECCA TO THE PILLARS OF HERCULES --; CHAPTER I. MOHAMMED AND HIS MISSION --; CHAPTER II. THE CREED OF THE PROPHET --; CHAPTER III. THE FIRST KHALIFS --; CHAPTER IV. MUSA IBM KOSSEYR --; BOOK II. THE DOMINION OF THE GOTHS --; CHAPTER I. THE GOTHS: OF THEIR ENTRANCE INTO 8PAIN --; CHAPTER II. THE GOTHIC KINGDOM ESTABLISHED --; CHAPTER III. GOTHIC KINGS FROM LEOVIGILD TO WITIZA --; CHAPTER IV. WITIZA AND RODERIK --; CHAPTER V. THE ASPECT OF THE GOTHIC DOMINION --; CHAPTER VI. ILYAN AND THE MOTIVES OF HIS TREASON --; CHAPTER VII. THE STORY OF FLORINDA, COUNT ILYAN'S DAUGHTER. THE JEWS --; CHAPTER VIII. SOME ALLEGORICAL LEGENDS --; BOOK III. THE ARABIAN INVASION OF SPAIN --; CHAPTER I. THE GREAT EXPEDITION OF TARIK EL TUERTO --; CHAPTER II. THE ARMIES IN ARRAY; THE FIELD OF BATTLE --; CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE IN THE PLAINS OF MEDINA SIDONIA, COMMONLY CALLED THE BATTLE OF THE GUADALETE --; CHAPTER IV. THE RAPID AND BRILLIANT PROGRESS OF TARIK --; CHAPTER V. MUSA CROSSES THE STRAIT AND CAPTURES MANY CITIES --; CHAPTER VI. MUSA'S TREATMENT OF TARIK --; BOOK IV. THE ADVERSE FORTUNES OF THE MOSLEM CONQUERORS --; CHAPTER I. MUSA AND TARIK ORDERED TO DAMASCUS --; CHAPTER II. THE PUNISHMENT OF MUSA --; CHAPTER III. THE SAD STORY OF ABDU-L-'AZIZ --; BOOK V. THE GERMS OF THE RECONQUEST AND THE NORTHERN MOVEMENTS OF THE MOSLEMS --; CHAPTER I. THE CONGERIES OF FUGITIVE CHRISTIANS IN THE NORTHWEST, — PELAYO --; CHAPTER II. LA CUEVA DE COVADONGA --; CHAPTER III. MOVEMENTS BEYOND THE PYRENEES --; CHAPTER IV. THE CONDITION OF EUROPE. —CHARLES MARTEL
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463208776; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463208776
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Henry Coppee.

The book is written from a unique perspective, as the author’s interest and desire was “to reclaim the men and the events from legends and allegories, and restore them to veritable history." It gives an account of the arrival of the Arabs in Spain, and the civilization they created there.