Roger Collins

Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031 is a compelling synthesis of existing knowledge alongside an exploration of new historical thinking, perspectives, and methods, all presented in the context of the last twenty-five years of rigorous research and writing on Spanish history. The nearly three-hundred-year rule of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain (756-1031) is often celebrated as an era of unprecedented harmony...

This book, now available in paperback, is a challenging and controversial account of the history of Spain in the eighth century. In it, Roger Collins assesses the political and cultural impact on Spain of the first hundred years of Arab rule, focusing upon aspects of continuity and discontinuity with Visigoth Spain. He begins with a consideration of the background to...