Muslim Spain Reconsidered: From 711 to 1502

ISBN-13: 9780748639595 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 280 str.

Richard Hitchcock

Opis

What made Muslim Spain a unique and successful society? Richard Hitchcock explores the background to its powerful legacy in the formation of modern Spain, using a chronological framework while constantly keeping in view the shifting social patterns caused by the changing balance between town and country, major and minor dynasties, foreign groupings and repeated invasions from North Africa. You'll learn about the main historical developments in depth, such as the self-defeating independence of the Taifas, the so-called 'Party Kings', and the prolonged colonisation of the Muslim subject population under the increasingly severe dominance of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Castile. You'll also find wide-ranging discussion of important topics such as inter-faith relations, multi-ethnic competing groups and how intellectual life was enriched by pluralism and influences from abroad.

Spis treści

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.