Genealogies viii
Maps xi
Introduction 1
1 Al-Andalus:War and Society, 796–888 14
2 The Asturian Kingdom: Chroniclers and Kings, 791–910 50
3 The Christians of al-Andalus 83
4 Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North 104
5 Al-Andalus: Local Government versus the Capital, 888–928 121
6 TheKingdomofLe´ on, 910–1037 138
7 Al-Andalus: Umayyad Triumph and Disaster, 912–1031 166
8 The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799–1035 205
9 The County of Castile, c.860–1037 238
Bibliography 257
Glossary 300
Acknowledgments 302
Index 304
Formerly a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in the University of Edinburgh, Roger Collins is now a Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology of the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely in medieval Spanish and European history, and his books include: The Basques (Blackwell, 1986), The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710–797 (Blackwell, 1989), Oxford Archaeological Guide to Spain (1998), Charlemagne (1998), Visigothic Spain, 409–711 (Blackwell, 2004), and, most recently, Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy (2009).
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