{"product_id":"9780631181842-caliphs-kings","title":"Caliphs and Kings","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpain, 796-1031. Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony - revealing a fuller, more complex picture of this fascinating period. \u003cb\u003eCALIPHS AND KINGS:  SPAIN, 796-1031\u003c\/b\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\n\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40913407836257,"sku":"9780631181842","price":89.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_15007364_jpg.jpg?v=1710955290","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780631181842-caliphs-kings","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}