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OverviewWhat Was the Islamic Conquest of Iberia? Understanding the New Debate brings together leading scholars to offer an introduction to a recent debate with far-reaching implications for the study of history, as well as our understanding of the present. In the year 711 CE, Islamic armies conquered the Iberian Peninsula. This seemingly uncontroversial claim has in fact been questioned, becoming an object of intense scholarly debate, debate that has reached a fevered pitch in recent decades within Spain. This volume introduces an anglophone audience to the terms and contours of this controversy, from its emergence in the late nineteenth century to its contemporary recrudescence. It suggests that far from an abstract discussion, this dispute reveals methodological and moral questions that remain vital to the study of the distant past, questions than cannot be easily resolved and have far-reaching consequences for the present. This volume offers novel perspectives on, not only the controversy, but also the latest research on the events of 711. These exemplary studies of historical, literary, and material cultural evidence demonstrate the promise and challenges for a new generation of scholarship. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hussein Fancy , Alejandro García-SanjuánPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.760kg ISBN: 9780367762131ISBN 10: 0367762137 Pages: 110 Publication Date: 07 May 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"1. ""The new convivencia"" Hussein Fancy 2. Myth, history, and the origins of al-Andalus: a historiographical essay Kenneth Baxter Wolf 3. Cultural memories of the conquest of al-Andalus between the ninth and twelfth centuries, C.E. Janina M. Safran 4. After the conquest: ceramics and migrations José C. Carvajal López 5. Numismatics data about the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula Sébastien Gasc 6. Denying the Islamic conquest of Iberia: A historiographical fraud Alejandro García-Sanjuán"ReviewsAuthor InformationHussein Fancy is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He is the author of the award-winning book, The Mercenary Mediterranean: Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon (2018, 2nd ed.) Alejandro García-Sanjuán is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Huelva, Spain. Among other works, he authored La conquista islámica de la península ibérica y la tergiversación del pasado: del catastrofismo al negacionismo (2019, 2nd ed.) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |