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.
- ISBN10 0520248406
- ISBN13 9780520248403
- Publish Date 18 April 2006 (first published 14 March 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 206
- Language English