Hugh Kennedy

Muslim Spain and Portugal (eBook, ePUB)

A Political History of al-Andalus

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first history in English of the political history of Muslim Spain and Portugal, based on vividly translated Arab sources, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of events across the whole of the region from 711 to the fall of Granada in 1492.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317870401
• Artikelnr.: 41067789

Autorenporträt

Hugh Kennedy

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps.
Acknowledgements.
Note on Names and Dates.
Glossary.
Introduction.
1.The conquest and the age of the Amirs, 711-56.
2.The Umayyad Amirate, 756-852.
3.Muhammad, al-Mundhir and 'Abd Allah: the slide into anarchy, 852-912.
4.The golden age of the Umayyad Caliphate, 912-76.
5.The 'Amirids and the collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba.
6.The Taifa Kingdoms.
7.The Empire of the Almoravids.
8. The second Taifas.
9.The early Almohad Caliphate.
10.The later Almohad Caliphate.
11.The Nastrids of Granada. Farewell to al-Andalus.
Appendix 1: Govenors of al-Andalus and Taifas Kings.
Appendix 2: Family trees of the ruling dynasties of al-Andulus.
Bibliography.
Maps.
Index