Islamic And Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages (MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN IBERIAN WORLD, 27) - Hardcover

Glick, Thomas F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004147713 ISBN 13: 9789004147713

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2005

Synopsis

Thomas Glick presents a comparative history of the Islamic and Christian areas of Spain in the period between A.D. 711 and 1250 when these areas emerged as distinct political, social, and cultural entities. The author accounts for the social, political, and ethnic structures that developed between the frontiers of Muslim and Christian territories and explores the cross-cultural relationships and the transmission of ideas and techniques, mainly from the Islamic culture to the Christian culture in Spain. Glick argues that science and technology are key indicators of cultural influence. The author has revised this text considerably since the first edition appeared in 1979 to reflect the "historiographic revolution" in Spanish medieval history as well as the advent of an innovative field of medieval archaeology over the last two decades.

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About the Author

Thomas F. Glick, Ph.D. (1968) in History, Harvard University, is a Professor of History at Boston University. He has written on topics such as medieval science and technology, and on comparative history, including From Muslim Fortress to Christian Castle (Manchester, 1995).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9004147713
• ISBN 13: 9789004147713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 402