Moorish Spain

Beginning in the year 711 and continuing for nearly a thousand years, the Islamic presence survived in Spain, at times flourishing, and at other times dwindling into warring fiefdoms. But the culture and science thereby brought to Spain, including long-buried knowledge from Greece, largely forgotten during Europe's Dark Ages, was to have an enduring impact on the country as it emerged into the modern era. In this gracefully written history, Richard Fletcher reveals the Moorish culture in all its fascinating disparity and gives us history at its best: here is vivid storytelling by a renowned scholar.

Author: Richard Fletcher
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/05/2006
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.05w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780520248403
ISBN10: 0520248406
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Spain
- Religion | Islam | History

About the Author
Richard Fletcher (1944-2005) was Professor of History at the University of York. He was the author of The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity.