Joseph F. O'Callaghan

A History of Medieval Spain

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Produktbeschreibung

Medieval Spain is brilliantly recreated, in all its variety and richness, in this comprehensive survey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 277
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 1983
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1158g
• ISBN-13: 9780801492648
• ISBN-10: 0801492645
• Artikelnr.: 10436742

Autorenporträt

Joseph F. O'Callaghan is Professor Emeritus of History at Fordham University. He is a past president of the American Catholic Historical Association and the Academy of American Historians of Medieval Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations for Citations
HispaniaPART I: THE VISIGOTH ERA, 415-711
1. The Visigothic Kingdom
2. Visigothic Government
3. Visigothic Society and CulturePART II. THE ASCENDANCY OF ISLAM, 711-1031
4. The Emirate of Córdoba
5. The Caliphate of Córdoba
6. Government, Society, and Culture in al-Andalus, 711-1031
7. Government, Society, and Culture in Christian Spain, 711-1035PART III. A
BALANCE OF POWER, FROM THE FALL OF THE CALIPHATE TO LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA,
1031-1212
8. Alfonso VI, the Taifas, and the Almoravids
9. Alfonso VII and the Leonese Empire
10. The Duel with the Almohads
11. Government, 1031-1212
12. Society and the Economy, 1031-1212
13. Religion and Culture, 1031-1212PART IV. THE GREAT RECONQUEST AND THE
BEGINNINGS OF OVERSEAS EXPANSION, 1212-1369
14. The Great Reconquest
15. Alfonso X and the Lure of Empire
16. The Overseas Expansion of the Crown of Aragon
17. The Straits, the Mediterranean, and Civil War
18. Government, 1212-1369
19. Society and the Economy, 1212-1369
20. Religion and Culture, 1212-1369PART V. THE STRUGGLE FOR PENINSULAR
UNION, 1369-1479
21. The Early Trastámaras
22. The Hegemony of the Trastámaras
23. Government, 1369-1479
24. Society and the Economy, 1369-1479
25. Religion and Culture, 1369-1479EPILOGUE
The Catholic Kings and the Perfect PrinceGENEALOGICAL CHARTS
1. Umayyad Emirs and Caliphs of Córdoba, 756-1031
2. Kings of Asturias-León to 1037
3. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, and Barcelona to 1035
4. Rulers of Portugal, León, and Castile, 1035-1214
5. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, and Provence, 1035-1214
6. Kings of Navarre, 1194-1512
7. Kings of León-Castile, 1214-1504
8. Kings of Portugal, 1211-1521
9. Kings of Aragon, 1213-1516
10. The Nasrid Kings of Granada, 1232-1492BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abbreviations
General Works
Part I: The Visigothic Era
Part II: The Ascendancy of Islam
Part III: A Balance of Power, from the Fall of the Caliphate to Las Navas
de Tolosa
Part IV: The Great Reconquest and the Beginnings of Overseas Expansion
Part V: The Struggle for Peninsular Union
Epilogue: The Catholic Kings and the Perfect PrinceINDEX