Moorish Spain
Moorish Spain

Author: Richard A. Fletcher

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006-05-05

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780520248403

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A good introductory picture of the Islamic presence in Spain, from the year 711 until the modern era.

The Story of the Moors in Spain. by Stanley Lane-Poole (Illustrated)
The Story of the Moors in Spain. by Stanley Lane-Poole (Illustrated)

Author: Stanley Lane Poole

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-06-18

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781534746060

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Stanley Edward Lane-Poole (18 December 1854 - 29 December 1931) was a British orientalist and archaeologist. His uncle was Edward William Lane The Moors in Spain is a lengthy history about the Muslim Moors' presence on the Iberian Peninsula, and their time there until the Spanish took back all the territory near the end of the 15th century.

The Jews and Moors in Spain
The Jews and Moors in Spain

Author: Joseph Krauskopf

Publisher:

Published: 1886

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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"This volume is a reprint of newspaper reports of a series of lectures delivered by the author from the pulpit of Congregation B'nai Jehudah, Kansas City, Mo., during the Fall and Winter of 1885-1886. The lectures were prepared to fulfill the requirements of popular discourses, and designed to convey information upon a highly important epoch of the world's history, that is almost neglected in English literature. The thought of publishing these lectures in book form was utterly foreign to the author throughout their preparation, until an urgent solicitation from very many persons, both Jews and Gentiles, in all parts of this country, whose interest in these lectures was aroused by their wide-spread republication by the Press, made it a duty."--Goodreads.com.

Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem
Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem

Author: Stanley Lane-Poole

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08-30

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781848328747

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Saladin is a legendary figure in the history of the Middle East. His rise to prominence in the tumultuous arena of twelfth-century Middle Eastern politics was rapid and he quickly established himself as an intrepid statesman as well as a formidable military commander of great skill, but equally a man of honor. This detailed biography of Saladin, and history of his life and times, was written by the eminent historian Stanley Lane-Poole, who was able to access the rich and colorful chronicles of Arab historians, which provide us with a brilliant insight into the life and deeds of this warrior-monarch.Based on a lifetime of study, Saladin and the Fall of Jersusalem examines Saladin s youth, his military development, his conquest of Egypt and Syria, the Holy War against the crusaders and, crucially, his duel with Richard the Lionheart, including the struggle over Acre and, of course, the fall of Jerusalem. Stanley Lane-Poole has rendered valuable service in his different works by presenting various phases of Oriental history and life in such a way as to interest even those to whom such subjects are ordinarily a sealed book .The American Historical Review"

The Moor's Last Stand
The Moor's Last Stand

Author: Elizabeth Drayson

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2017-04-20

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1782832769

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In 1482, Abu Abdallah Muhammad XI became the twenty-third Muslim King of Granada. He would be the last. This is the first history of the ruler, known as Boabdil, whose disastrous reign and bitter defeat brought seven centuries of Moorish Spain to an end. It is an action-packed story of intrigue, treachery, cruelty, cunning, courtliness, bravery and tragedy. Basing her vivid account on original documents and sources, Elizabeth Drayson traces the origins and development of Islamic Spain. She describes the thirteenth-century founding of the Nasrid dynasty, the cultured and stable society it created, and the feuding which threatened it and had all but destroyed it by 1482, when Boabdil seized the throne. The new Sultan faced betrayals by his family, factions in the Alhambra palace, and ever more powerful onslaughts from the forces of Ferdinand and Isabella, monarchs of the newly united kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. By stratagem, diplomacy, courage and strength of will Boabdil prolonged his reign for ten years, but he never had much chance of survival. In 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella, magnificently attired in Moorish costume, entered Granada and took possession of the city. Boabdil went into exile. The Christian reconquest of Spain, that has reverberated so powerfully down the centuries, was complete.