The History of Moors in Spain - Stanley Lane-Poole

The History of Moors in Spain

By Stanley Lane-Poole

  • Release Date: 2018-01-01
  • Genre: European History

Description

In 711 the Islamic Moors of Arab and Berber descent in North Africa crossed the Strait of Gibraltar onto the Iberian Peninsula, and in a series of raids they conquered Visigothic Christian Hispania and founded the first Muslim countries in Europe.
Contents:
The Last of the Goths
The Wave of Conquest
The People of Andalusia
A Young Pretender
The Christian Martyrs
The Great Khalif
The Holy War
The City of the Khalif
The Prime Minister
The Berbers in Power
My Cid the Challenger
The Kingdom of Granada
The Fall of Granada
Bearing the Cross