Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500
By: L.P. Harvey.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Muslims -- Spain -- History; Mudéjares; Nasrides; Spain -- History -- 711-1516; Granada (Kingdom) -- History
Description: This is a richly detailed account of Muslim life throughout the kingdoms of Spain, from the fall of Seville, which signaled the beginning of the retreat of Islam, to the Christian reconquest. "Harvey not only examines the politics of the Nasrids, but also the Islamic communities in the Christian kingdoms of the peninsula. This innovative approach breaks new ground, enables the reader to appreciate the situation of all Spanish Muslims and is fully vindicated. . . . An absorbing and thoroughly informed narrative.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-359) and index.