Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711-1492

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Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. On the Eve of Conquest: Before 711; The Visigoths in Iberia; The Arab Conquest of North Africa; Count Julian and Musa ibn Nusayr; 2. The Muslim Invasion and the Period of Governors: 711-756; The Muslim Invasion of Iberia; The Arrival of Musa ibn Nusayr: 712-714; The Campaigns of Abd al-Aziz: 714-716; The Administration of al-Hurr: 716-718; Pelagius (Pelayo) and the Beginning of Christian Resistance; A Rapid Succession of Governors and Muslim Expansion North of the Pyrenees; Berber Uprising and Civil War. Expansion of Asturias During the Reign of Alfonso I (739-757)3. Umayyad Emirs and the Emergence of the Christian North: 756-912; The Rise of Abd al-Rahman ibn Marwan; The Christian North During the Time of Abd al-Rahman I; The Asturian Kingdom and the Reigns of Hisham I (788-796) and al-Hakam I (796-822); Carolingian Influence in the Pyrenees After 778; Carolingian Control Rebuffed in the Western Pyrenees; The Banu Qasi and Pamplona Versus Córdoba; Ramiro I (842-850) of Asturias; Mid-Ninth Century Changes in Leadership; Internal Unrest in al-Andalus Under Muhammad I (852-886). The Short Unfortunate Reign of al-Mundhir (886-888)The Reign of Abd Allah (888-912); Emerging Independence in the Eastern Pyrenean Counties; Fortún Garcés (880?-905), the Last of His Dynasty in Navarre; 4. The Age of Abd al-Rahman III: 912-961; Abd al-Rahman III Restores the Authority of Córdoba; The Sons of Alfonso III: 910-925; The Struggle for La Rioja; The Christian North in a State of Flux: 925-931; The Surging Influence of Castile; The Emir Abd al-Rahman III (912-961) Becomes Caliph; The Resumption of Conflicts During the Reign of Ramiro II (931-951). Ordoño III (951-956), Sancho I (956 ... 966), and Ordoño IV (958-959)5. From Dominance to Decadence in al-Andalus: 961-1031; The Kingdoms of León and Navarre in Contestwith al-Hakam II (961-976); The Reign of Hisham II (976 ... 1013) and the Usurpation of al-Mansur; The Christian North Oppressed by the Dictatorship of al-Mansur; Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar (1002-1008) Maintains Muslim Dominance Over the North; The Short Dictatorship of Sanchuelo (1008-1009); Sancho García Aligns with Caliph Sulayman Against Caliph Muhammad II: 1009; From Ali ibn Hammud (1016-1018) to Hisham III (1027-1031). The Christian North Benefits from the Civil War in al-Andalus6. The Vacillation of Power Between Christian and Muslim Realms: 1035-1109; The Disintegration of the Caliphate into Taifa States; The Four Sons of Sancho Garcés III-García, Ramiro, Gonzalo, and Fernando: 1035-1065; The Sons of Fernando I-Sancho, Alfonso, and García: 1065-1073; The Early Success of Alfonso VI: 1073-1085; Changes in Leadership in the Eastern Counties: 1035-1096; The Rise of the Almoravids; The Hegemony of Alfonso VI Is Challenged: 1086-1109; 7. Christian Civil War and Waning Almoravid Power: 1109-1157