Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain

A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth

In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new interpretation of the forces that shaped it.

Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain as a paradise of enlightened tolerance or the site where civilizations clashed. Catlos taps a wide array of primary sources to paint a more complex portrait, showing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews together built a sophisticated civilization that transformed the Western world, even as they waged relentless war against each other and their coreligionists. Religion was often the language of conflict, but seldom its cause -- a lesson we would do well to learn in our own time.

Author: Brian A. Catlos
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 05/01/2018
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.80d
ISBN13: 9780465055876
ISBN10: 0465055877
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Spain
- Religion | Islam | History
- History | Western Europe | General

About the Author
Brian A. Catlos is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His books have won numerous awards, including the American Historical Association's Premio del Rey Award and John E. Fagg Prize. Catlos lives in Boulder, Colorado, and Barcelona, Spain.