The Arab Conquest of Spain: 710 - 797 - Softcover

Collins, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631194053 ISBN 13: 9780631194057

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1995

Synopsis

This book, now available in paperback, is a challenging and controversial account of the history of Spain in the eighth century. In it Roger Collins assesses the political and cultural impact on Spain of the first hundred years of Arab rule, focusing upon aspects of continuity and discontinuity with Visigoth Spain.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book, now available in paperback, is a challenging and controversial account of the history of Spain in the eighth century. In it Roger Collins assesses the political and cultural impact on Spain of the first hundred years of Arab rule, focusing upon aspects of continuity and discontinuity with Visigoth Spain. He begins with a consideration of the background to Arab invasion, and explains how the Arab military occupation of Spain and the restoration of order was achieved. Throughout, events in Spain are set within the wider context of developments in France, North Africa and the Near East.

About the Author:

Roger Collins was formerly Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Liverpool, and also a Leverhulme Research Fellow. He is the author of The Basques (Blackwell Publishers, second paperback edition 1990).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0631194053
• ISBN 13: 9780631194057
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256