The Christian Culture of Islamic Spain: Origins, Survival and Recovery

by Roger Collins

To define the culture of the Christian communities of early Islamic Spain, it is vital to study its origins in the

Visigothic kingdom that controlled the Iberian Peninsula between the fifth and eighth centuries, and under which it developed its distinctive form. Next, we can see how, following the Arab conquest of 711, Christianity in al-Andalus became open to new influences from the eastern Mediterranean. In consequence, it began to diverge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785279211
• ISBN13: 9781785279218
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"