1st Edition

Christians in Al-Andalus 711-1000

By Ann Rosemary Christys Copyright 2002
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

Our current image of the Christian population of al-Andalus after AD711 reflects the way history has been written. The Christians almost disappeared from the historical record as the historians of the conquering Muslims concentrated on the glories of the Ummayads.This book reconsiders, through their own words, the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus. The texts discusses two chronicles in... Read more
Preface and Acknolwedgements  Abbreviations  List of Rulers  Maps  1. Introduction  2. Cordoba and Toledo  3. News from the East in the Eighth-Century Chronicles  4. The Martyrs of Eulogius  5. Two More Martyrs of Cordoba  6. Recemend and the Calendar of Cordoba  7. The Arabic Translation of Orosius  8. Sara the Goth and her Descendants  9. Afterword  Notes  Bibliography  Index

Biography

Ann Christys completed her doctorate on the Christians of al-Andalus at the University of Leeds. She has contributed to the European Science Foundation Project on the Transformation of the Roman World. She works as an anesthetist in Leeds.

'There is very little in [the book's] content to contest.' - Islam and Christian - Muslim Relations