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Bernard F. Reilly - The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157 - 9780631199649 - V9780631199649
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The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157

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Description for The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157 Paperback. This book is the first account of the period to consider both Christian and Muslim Spain. The author discusses the various societies, cultures and governments of Muslim and Christian Iberia in the centuries of their critical confrontation. Series: A History of Spain. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
This book is the first account of the period to consider both Christian and Muslim Spain. The author discusses the various societies, cultures and governments of Muslim and Christian Iberia in the centuries of their critical confrontation. Beginning with the disintegration of the caliphate at Cordoba in the early eleventh century, the book traces the decline of the Muslim taifa states, and describes and explains their conquest, first by the Murabit, and then the Muwahhid fundamentalist Muslim empires of North Africa.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
A History of Spain
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631199649
SKU
V9780631199649
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Ref
99-50

About Bernard F. Reilly
Bernard Reilly has published widely on the Iberian peninsula in the eleventh and twentieth centuries.

Reviews for The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157
"A useful overview of an extraordinary period of transition." The Catholic Historical Review "Reilly's history of Christian and Muslim Spain from 1031 to 1157 is an important contribution ... No one has better mastered the Spanish archival materials of this age than the author." Book Review Digest, New York

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