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A history of islamic spain/ W.Montgomery Watt

The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the only significant contact Islam and Europe was ever to have on European soil. In this important as well as fascinating study, Watt traces Islam's influence upon Spain and European civilization--from the collapse of the Visigoths in the eighth century to the fall of Granada in the fifteenth, and considers Spain's importance as a part of the Islamic empire. Particular attention is given to the golden period of economic and political stability achieved under the Umayyads. Without losing themselves in detail and without sacrificing complexity, the authors discuss the political, social, and economic continuity in Islamic Spain, or al-Andalus, in light of its cultural and intellectual effects upon the rest of Europe. Medieval Christianity, Watt points out, found models of scholarship in the Islamic philosophers and adapted the idea of holy war to its own purposes while the final reunification of Spain under the aegis of the Reconquista played a significant role in bringing Europe out of the Middle Ages. A survey essential to anyone seeking a more complete knowledge of European or Islamic history, the volume also includes sections on literature and philology by Pierre Cachia.

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Series Title
Islamic Surveys
Call Number
S 2X9.46 A
Publisher
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press.,
Collation
x+210hlm.;ilus;21cm.
Language
English
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2X9.46
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Subject(s)
SEJARAH
SEJARAH ISLAM - SPANYOL
SPANYOL
BARBAR
KALIFAH - DAMASKUS
UMMAYAH
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