caliphs and kings

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CALIPHS AND KINGS
Formerly a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced C
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Studies in the Humanities in the University of
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Edinburgh, Roger Collins is now a Fellow in the L
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ROGER COLLINS
in medieval Spanish and European history, and
his books include: The Basques (Blackwell, 1986),
The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710–797 (Blackwell, The last twenty-five years have seen a renaissance
1989), Oxford Archaeological Guide to Spain (1998), of research and writing on Spanish history. Caliphs
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Charlemagne (1998), Visigothic Spain, 409–711 and Kings offers a formidable synthesis of existing
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(Blackwell, 2004), and, most recently, Keepers of the knowledge as well as an investigation into new
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Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy (2009). historical thinking, perspectives, and methods.
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The nearly three-hundred-year rule of the Umayyad
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many as an era of unprecedented harmony and
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mutual tolerance between the three great religious
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faiths in the Iberian Peninsula – Christianity,
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Judaism, and Islam – the like of which has never

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of the tenth century saw a flowering of artistic
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CALIPHS AND KINGS may best glean its nature and its lessons. Caliphs
distinguished History of Spain series.” , and Kings is devoted to better understanding those
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Simon Barton, University of Exeter 9 circumstances, as historian Roger Collins takes
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a fresh look at certainties, both old and new, to
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TheArabConquestofSpain,710–797
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CaliphsandKings:Spain,796–1031
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TheContestofChristianandMuslimSpain,1031–1157
BernardF.Reilly
Spain,1157–1300:APartibleInheritance
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Spain’sCenturiesofCrisis:1300–1474
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TheSpainoftheCatholicMonarchs1474–1520
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Spain1516–1598:FromNationStatetoWorldEmpire
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TheHispanicWorldinCrisisandChange,1598–1700
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Roger Collins
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1.Spain–History–711-1516. 2.Spain–History–711-1516–Historiography. 3.Andalusia
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For Judith and in memory of Margaret Amy Collins
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Contents
Genealogies viii
Maps xi
Introduction 1
1 Al-Andalus:WarandSociety,796–888 14
2 TheAsturianKingdom:ChroniclersandKings,791–910 50
3 TheChristiansofal-Andalus 83
4 Monks,Books,andSaintsintheChristianNorth 104
5 Al-Andalus:LocalGovernmentversustheCapital,888–928 121
6 TheKingdomofLeo´n,910–1037 138
7 Al-Andalus:UmayyadTriumphandDisaster,912–1031 166
8 TheKingdomofNavarreandthePyreneanCounties,799–1035 205
9 TheCountyofCastile,c.860–1037 238
Bibliography 257
Glossary 300
Acknowledgments 302
Index 304
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Al-Walīd I Sulaymān Hishām Yazid II Marwān II
(705–715) (715–717) (724–743) (720–724) (744–750)
Ibrāhīm Yazid III Mu′awiya Al-Walīd II
(744) (744) (743–744)
‘Abd al-Rah.ma-n I
(756–788)
Hisha-m I Sulayma-n ‘Abd Alla-h
(788–796)
Al-H.akam I
(796–822)
‘Abd al-Rah.ma-n II Al-Wal--id
(822–852)
Muh.ammad I
(852–886)
Al-Mundhir ‘Abd Alla-h
(886–888) (888–912)
Muh.ammad
‘Abd al-Rah.ma-n III
(912–961)
Al-H.akam II ‘Abd al-Malik Sulayma-n ‘Abd al-Jabbar ‘Ubayd Alla-h
(961–976)
Hisha-m II Muh.ammad Al-H.akam Hisha-m ‘Abd al-Rah.ma-n
(976–1009,
1010–1013)
Sulayma-n Muh.ammad III
(1009, 1013–1016) (1024–1025)
‘Abd al-Rah.ma-n IV Hisha-m III Muh.ammad II ‘Abd al-Rah.ma-n V
(1018) (1027–1031) (1009) (1023–1024)
Figure1 GenealogyoftheSpanishUmayyads.
Note:CaliphsoftheSyrianUmayyadline,fromwhomtheSpanishUmayyadsdescended,areshown
initalictype.