{"product_id":"caliphs-and-kings-spain-796-1031-hardcover","title":"Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCALIPHS AND KINGS: SPAIN, 796-1031\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last twenty-five years have seen a renaissance of research and writing on Spanish history. \u003cb\u003eCaliphs and Kings \u003c\/b\u003eoffers a formidable synthesis of existing knowledge as well as an investigation into new historical thinking, perspectives, and methods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nearly three-hundred-year rule of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain (756-1031) has been hailed by many as an era of unprecedented harmony and mutual tolerance between the three great religious faiths in the Iberian Peninsula - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - the like of which has never been seen since. And yet, as this book demonstrates, historical reality defies the myth. Though the middle of the tenth century saw a flowering of artistic culture and sophistication in the Umayyad court and in the city of Córdoba, this period was all too shortlived and localized. Eventually, twenty years of civil war caused the implosion of the Umayyad regime. It is through the forces that divided - not united - the disparate elements in Spanish society that we may best glean its nature and its lessons. \u003cb\u003eCaliphs and Kings \u003c\/b\u003eis devoted to better understanding those circumstances, as historian Roger Collins takes a fresh look at certainties, both old and new, to strip ninth- and tenth-century Spain of its mythic narrative, revealing the more complex truth beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last twenty-five years have seen a renaissance of research and writing on Spanish history. \u003cb\u003eCaliphs and Kings \u003c\/b\u003eoffers a formidable synthesis of existing knowledge as well as an investigation into new historical thinking, perspectives, and methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nearly three-hundred-year rule of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain (756-1031) has been hailed by many as an era of unprecedented harmony and mutual tolerance between the three great religious faiths in the Iberian Peninsula - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - the like of which has never been seen since. And yet, as this book demonstrates, historical reality defies the myth. Though the middle of the tenth century saw a flowering of artistic culture and sophistication in the Umayyad court and in the city of Córdoba, this period was all too shortlived and localized. Eventually, twenty years of civil war caused the implosion of the Umayyad regime. It is through the forces that divided - not united - the disparate elements in Spanish society that we may best glean its nature and its lessons. \u003cb\u003eCaliphs and Kings \u003c\/b\u003eis devoted to better understanding those circumstances, as historian Roger Collins takes a fresh look at certainties, both old and new, to strip ninth- and tenth-century Spain of its mythic narrative, revealing the more complex truth beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormerly a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in the University of Edinburgh, \u003cb\u003eRoger Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is now a Fellow in the School of History, Classics and -Archaeology of the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely in medieval Spanish and European history, and his books include: \u003ci\u003eThe Basques \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell, 1986), \u003ci\u003eThe Arab Conquest of Spain, 710-797 \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell, 1989), \u003ci\u003eOxford Archaeological Guide to Spain\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eCharlemagne\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eVisigothic Spain, 409-711\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2004), and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eKeepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52613787844915,"sku":"9780631181842","price":120.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/S2EvT3doK1RVOVdQNnFFRE0wL1YvUT09.webp?v=1761861426","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/caliphs-and-kings-spain-796-1031-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}