{"product_id":"a-history-of-medieval-spain-hardback-9780801408809","title":"A History of Medieval Spain (Hardback) 9780801408809","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Medieval Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph F. O'Callaghan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801408809\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 January 1975\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e736 pages, 13 black-and-white illustration, 8 maps - 13 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 5.1 cm, 1.361 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph F. O'Callaghan has met a major, long-felt need with a clearly written, balanced, thorough survey that belongs in every history collection. His Spain is the entire peninsula—Islamic, Jewish, Christian, Portuguese, and Catalonian as well as Castilian. A substantial political narrative is followed by chapters on government, social and economic developments, and religion and culture. The author even-handedly represents the major sides in disputed issues, for his aim is to present the current state of scholarship in a simple narrative form. He has succeeded admirably.\u003c\/p\u003e (Library Journal) \u003cp\u003eJoseph O'Callaghan has now given us, for the first time, a solid and in-depth survey in English on the peninsular kingdoms, drawing together the myriad recent contributions, with the expertise of a recognized scholar in the field and the practicality of a long-time teacher of the topic.... Competence, thorough inclusiveness, clear organization, and solidity are the qualifiers which best sum O'Callaghan's accomplishment.\u003c\/p\u003e (The History Teacher) \u003cp\u003eO'Callaghan's \u003ci\u003eA History of Medieval Spain\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable to the medievalist and to the Latin-Americanist alike. It is encyclopedic in nature, making it a valuable reference tool.... On the whole, it represents considerable familiarity with the sources of information and learned condensation of that material. The chapters on society, economy, and culture give the reader a wider view than a skeletal political history of medieval Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e (Southeastern Latin Americanist) \u003cp\u003eThere is no existing substitute for this volume in English for the undergraduate or graduate student seeking a reliable orientation to medieval peninsular history.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eThis book is a comprehensive narrative history based on an impressively wide reading in the sources and secondary literature. It should prove useful to teachers, students, and general readers in European history.... Soundly traditional in its organization, it gives primacy to political events without neglecting institutional, social, and cultural matters.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is a comprehensive narrative history based on an impressively wide reading in the sources and secondary literature. It should prove useful to teachers, students, and general readers in European history.... Soundly traditional in its organization, it gives primacy to political events without neglecting institutional, social, and cultural matters.\u003c\/b\u003e―\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIllustrations, genealogical charts, maps, and an extensive bibliography round out a book that will be welcomed by scholars and students of Spanish and Portuguese history and literature, as well as by medievalists, as the fullest account to date of Spanish history in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedieval Spain is brilliantly recreated, in all its variety and richness, in this comprehensive survey. Likely to become the standard work in English, the book treats the entire Iberian Peninsula and all the people who inhabited it, from the coming of the Visigoths in the fifth century to the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. Integrating a wealth of information about the diverse peoples, institutions, religions, and customs that flourished in the states that are now Spain and Portugal, Joseph F. O'Callaghan focuses on the continuing attempts to impose political unity on the peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eO'Callaghan divides his story into five compact historical periods and discusses political, social, economic, and cultural developments in each period. By treating states together, he is able to put into proper perspective the relationships among them, their similarities and differences, and the continuity of development from one period to the next. He gives proper attention to Spain's contacts with the rest of the medieval world, but his main concern is with the events and institutions on the peninsula itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations for Citations\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHispania\u003c\/i\u003ePART I: THE VISIGOTH ERA, 415-711\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Visigothic Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e 2. Visigothic Government\u003cbr\u003e 3. Visigothic Society and CulturePART II. THE ASCENDANCY OF ISLAM, 711-1031\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Emirate of Córdoba\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Caliphate of Córdoba\u003cbr\u003e 6. Government, Society, and Culture in al-Andalus, 711-1031\u003cbr\u003e 7. Government, Society, and Culture in Christian Spain, 711-1035PART III. A BALANCE OF POWER, FROM THE FALL OF THE CALIPHATE TO LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA, 1031-1212\u003cbr\u003e 8. Alfonso VI, the \u003ci\u003eTaifas\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Almoravids\u003cbr\u003e 9. Alfonso VII and the Leonese Empire\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Duel with the Almohads\u003cbr\u003e 11. Government, 1031-1212\u003cbr\u003e 12. Society and the Economy, 1031-1212\u003cbr\u003e 13. Religion and Culture, 1031-1212PART IV. THE GREAT RECONQUEST AND THE BEGINNINGS OF OVERSEAS EXPANSION, 1212-1369\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Great Reconquest\u003cbr\u003e 15. Alfonso X and the Lure of Empire\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Overseas Expansion of the Crown of Aragon\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Straits, the Mediterranean, and Civil War\u003cbr\u003e 18. Government, 1212-1369\u003cbr\u003e 19. Society and the Economy, 1212-1369\u003cbr\u003e 20. Religion and Culture, 1212-1369PART V. THE STRUGGLE FOR PENINSULAR UNION, 1369-1479\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Early Trastámaras\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Hegemony of the Trastámaras\u003cbr\u003e 23. Government, 1369-1479\u003cbr\u003e 24. Society and the Economy, 1369-1479\u003cbr\u003e 25. Religion and Culture, 1369-1479EPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003e The Catholic Kings and the Perfect PrinceGENEALOGICAL CHARTS\u003cbr\u003e 1. Umayyad Emirs and Caliphs of Córdoba, 756-1031\u003cbr\u003e 2. Kings of Asturias-León to 1037\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, and Barcelona to 1035\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rulers of Portugal, León, and Castile, 1035-1214\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, and Provence, 1035-1214\u003cbr\u003e 6. Kings of Navarre, 1194-1512\u003cbr\u003e 7. Kings of León-Castile, 1214-1504\u003cbr\u003e 8. Kings of Portugal, 1211-1521\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kings of Aragon, 1213-1516\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Nasrid Kings of Granada, 1232-1492BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e General Works\u003cbr\u003e Part I: The Visigothic Era\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Ascendancy of Islam\u003cbr\u003e Part III: A Balance of Power, from the Fall of the Caliphate to Las Navas de Tolosa\u003cbr\u003e Part IV: The Great Reconquest and the Beginnings of Overseas Expansion\u003cbr\u003e Part V: The Struggle for Peninsular Union\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Catholic Kings and the Perfect Prince\u003ci\u003eINDEX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685306986776,"sku":"9780801408809","price":48.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-medieval-spain-hardback-9780801408809","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}