Moorish Spain / Edition 1

by Richard Fletcher

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520248403
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	05/05/2006
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	206
Sales rank:	740,360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

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.

Editorial Reviews

"Richard Fletcher is a distinguished historian and accomplished writer with the gift of making complex historical happenings comprehensible to his readers without losing a sense of their complexity."

The Spectator