TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,Roger
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Caliphs and kings: Spain, 796-1031 
SN  - 9781118273968
AV  - DP99 .C584 2012
U1  - 946/.02 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Chichester, UK, Malden, MA
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Andalusia (Spain)
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Asturias (Spain)
KW  - Castile (Spain)
KW  - Leon (Spain: Province)
KW  - Navarre (Spain)
KW  - Spain
KW  - 711-1516
KW  - Historiography
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - Spain & Portugal
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - León (Spain : Province)
KW  - Andalusia
KW  - Asturias
KW  - Castile
KW  - León (Province)
KW  - Navarre
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Introduction -- Al-Andalus -- The Asturian Kingdom -- The Christians of al-Andalus -- Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North -- Al-Andalus -- The Kingdom of Le̤n, 910₆1037 -- Al-Andalus -- The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799₆1035 -- The County of Castile, c.860₆1037 -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index; Al-Andalus : war and society, 796-888 -- The Asturian kingdom : chroniclers and kings, 791-910 -- The Christians of al-Andalus -- Monks, books and saints in the Christian north -- Al-Andalus : local government versus the capital, 888-928 -- The kingdom of León, 910-1037 -- Al-Andalus : Umayyad triumph and disaster, 912-1031 -- The kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean counties, 799-1035 -- The county of Castile, c. 860-1037
N2  - Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony - revealing a fuller, more complex picture of this fascinating period. Presents new ideas and interpretations of a fascinating yet much misunderstood period of Spanish and Islamic history A broad and complex treatment of the tenure of the Umayyad dynasty in SpainDebunks myths and investigates the historiography of existing scholarship of the period
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118273968
ER  -