Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031

327 Pages·2012·1.88 MB·English

by  Roger Collins(auth.)

Caliphs and Kings
AHISTORYOFSPAIN
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1.Spain–History–711-1516. 2.Spain–History–711-1516–Historiography. 3.Andalusia
(Spain)–History–To1500. 4.Asturias(Spain)–History–To1500. 5.Castile(Spain)–
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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
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-i-d
(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)
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