Product Description: By the middle of the fourteenth century, Christian control of the Iberian Peninsula extended to the borders of the emirate of Granada, whose Muslim rulers acknowledged Castilian suzerainty. No longer threatened by Moroccan incursions, the kings of Castile were diverted from completing the Reconquest by civil war and conflicts with neighboring Christian kings...read more

Looks into the world of medieval Spain, revealing a culture where literature, science, and tolerance thrived for five hundred years.

Product Description: The Eve of Spain demonstrates how the telling and retelling of one of Spain’s founding myths played a central role in the formation of that country’s national identity. King Roderigo, the last Visigoth king of Spain, rapes (or possibly seduces) La Cava, the daughter of his friend and counselor, Count Julian...read more

A seven-century history of Spain's medieval period depicts the nation as one possessing rich levels of culture, commerce, and scientific innovation, citing its unique position as a multi-religious society that enabled a progression of art and science far beyond the achievements of other pre-Renaissance nations. 25,000 first printing.