{"product_id":"history-of-the-moors-of-spain-9781915645524","title":"History of the Moors of Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn objective and compelling overview of the Moorish occupation of Spain, from the time of their first landings in Iberia to their final expulsion in 1492, written by one of France's greatest authors. This work became one of the standard histories of the era of Moorish rule in Spain and covered not just the military campaigns but also the cultural achievements of that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into four \"epochs,\" this work starts with a recounting of the Muslim expansion across the Middle East and North Africa after Islam's founding by Mohammed the Prophet. It then moves on to describe exactly how the Moors then crossed the Mediterranean Sea to occupy the Iberian Peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext, it details the establishment of the Caliphate in Spain and its abortive attempts to extend its rule into France. The internal divisions within Islam and even within the Caliphate eventually led to its downfall, and replacement with individual Islamic kingdoms, which, divided as they were, became easy prey for the Christian Reconquista.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, the narrative ends with the fall of the last Islamic stronghold in Spain, Grenada, in 1492.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, this work reveals much of Islamic culture and science, and how that religion played an important role in preserving much classical thought for later Western European civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second part of the book, added by later authors, then provides a fascinating nineteenth-century European assessment of Islam, and how the dominance of Wahhabism portended a revival in the more extreme parts of that region and its followers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic study of the Moorish invasion in Spain which has lost none of its vitality or drama. This new edition has been completely reset, is fully foot- and end-noted, and contains a new index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: The Four Epochs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Epoch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter I: The Conquests of the Arabs or Moors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond Epoch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter II: The Kings of Cordova Become the Caliphs of the West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThird Epoch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter III: Containing an Account of the Principal Kingdoms that Sprang from the Ruins of the Caliphate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourth Epoch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter IV: The Kings of Granada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: A Brief Account of the Rise and Decline of the Mohammedan Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter I: Extent of the Arabian Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter II: Literature and Science of the Arabs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter III: The Present Condition of Mohammedanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Pierre Claris de Florian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scrawny Goat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915645524","brand":"Scrawny Goat Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41297843978355,"sku":"9.78192E+12","price":36.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_eeb2074c-73e3-41a9-afeb-dfcbbbf2c4cb.jpg?v=1706109956","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/history-of-the-moors-of-spain-9781915645524","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}