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THE ARAB CONQUEST OF SPAIN

THE ARAB CONQUEST OF SPAIN

710 - 797

ROGER COLLINS

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Publisher:
PENGUIN
Year of publication:
1995
Subject:
History of spain
ISBN:
978-0-631-19405-7
Pages:
256
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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.

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