Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages

Second, Revised Edition
2. Revised Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14771-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 871 g

Reihe: The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World

Thomas Glick presents a comparative history of the Islamic and Christian areas of Spain in the period between A.D. 711 and 1250 when these areas emerged as distinct political, social, and cultural entities. The author accounts for the social, political, and ethnic structures that developed between the frontiers of Muslim and Christian territories and explores the cross-cultural relationships and the transmission of ideas and techniques, mainly from the Islamic culture to the Christian culture in Spain. Glick argues that science and technology are key indicators of cultural influence. The author has revised this text considerably since the first edition appeared in 1979 to reflect the fruits of the increased exploration of Spanish medieval history spurred by the “historiographical revolution” in Spain over the last two decades.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glick, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures, Tables and Maps
Introduction

Part One Society and Economy
1. At the Crossroads of Civilization
2. Agriculture, Settlement and the Moving Frontier
3. Urbanization and Commerce
4. Social Structure
5. Ethnic Relations
6. Structure and Stability

Part Two Movement of Ideas and Techniques
7. Technology
8. Science
9. Cultural Process in Medieval Spain

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas F. Glick, Ph. D. (1968) in history, Harvard University, is a professor of history at Boston University. His has written on topics such as medieval science and technology, and on comparative history, including From Muslim Fortress to Christian Castle (Manchester, 1995).