by W. Montgomery Watt · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420674551
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This book by W. Montgomery Watt describes the main moments in the history of Islamic Spain. It offers an unbeatable overview of this crucial stage, from the collapse of the Visigothic kingdom in the 7th century to the expulsion of the last Moors at the beginning of the 17th century. It analyzes the evolution that transformed a province subordinate to Damascus into the independent caliphate of Córdoba, the period of splendor of the Umayyads, the collapse of state unity in the 11th century and the emergence of the taifa kingdoms, the invasions of the Almoravids and Almohads in the 12th century, the advances of the Reconquest under Fernando III, the Nasrid dynasty of Granada and its defeat in 1492.
William Montgomery Watt was a Scottish historian and orientalist. An Anglican priest, Watt served as Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 to 1979 and was also a prominent contributor to the field of Quranic studies.
