This book, now available in paperback, is a challenging and controversial account of the history of Spain in the eighth century. In it Roger Collins assesses the political and cultural impact on Spain of the first hundred years of Arab rule, focusing upon aspects of continuity and discontinuity with Visigoth Spain.
About the Author
Roger Collins was formerly Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Liverpool, and also a Leverhulme Research Fellow. He is the author of The Basques (Blackwell Publishers, second paperback edition 1990).
Features
* Based upon a complete reappraisal of the evidence of the history of Spain in the eighth century. * Offers many new interpretations of the subject. * This is the first book on the subject, which places Spain in the wider context of developments in France, North Africa and the Near East. * Based upon a complete reappraisal of the evidence of the history of Spain in the eighth century. * Offers many new interpretations of the subject. * This is the first book on the subject, which places Spain in the wider context of developments in France, North Africa and the Near East.
