Collins, Roger1949-creatorWiley InterScience (Online service)textbibliographyElectronic books.History.enkChichester, UKMalden, MAJohn Wiley & Sons©20122012monographiceng

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1 online resourceRoger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony - revealing a fuller, more complex picture of this fascinating period. Presents new ideas and interpretations of a fascinating yet much misunderstood period of Spanish and Islamic history A broad and complex treatment of the tenure of the Umayyad dynasty in SpainDebunks myths and investigates the historiography of existing scholarship of the period.Front Matter -- Introduction -- Al-Andalus -- The Asturian Kingdom -- The Christians of al-Andalus -- Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North -- Al-Andalus -- The Kingdom of Le̤n, 910₆1037 -- Al-Andalus -- The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799₆1035 -- The County of Castile, c.860₆1037 -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index.Al-Andalus : war and society, 796-888 -- The Asturian kingdom : chroniclers and kings, 791-910 -- The Christians of al-Andalus -- Monks, books and saints in the Christian north -- Al-Andalus : local government versus the capital, 888-928 -- The kingdom of León, 910-1037 -- Al-Andalus : Umayyad triumph and disaster, 912-1031 -- The kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean counties, 799-1035 -- The county of Castile, c. 860-1037.Roger Collins.Includes bibliographical references and index.e-sp--- To 1516 fast Andalusia (Spain)HistoryTo 1500Asturias (Spain)HistoryTo 1500Castile (Spain)HistoryTo 1500Leon (Spain: Province)HistoryTo 1500Navarre (Spain)HistoryTo 1500SpainHistory711-1516SpainHistory711-1516HistoriographyHISTORYEuropeSpain & PortugalHistoriographySpainHistory711-1516SpainHistory711-1516HistoriographyAndalusia (Spain)HistoryTo 1500Asturias (Spain)HistoryTo 1500Castile (Spain)HistoryTo 1500León (Spain : Province)HistoryTo 1500Navarre (Spain)HistoryTo 1500SpainSpainAndalusiaSpainAsturiasSpainCastileSpainLeón (Province)SpainNavarreDP99 .C584 2012946/.02Collins, Roger, 1949-Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, ©2012(DLC) 2011043331(OCoLC)759050035978111827396811182739669781118273982111827398210.1002/9781118273968 Wiley InterSciencehttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118273968http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118273968DG112050420171114095141.0ocn793104206eng