Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
A Note on Names, Places, and Dates
Introduction,
Prelude: The Beginning of Islam and the End of Antiquity,
Part I: Conquest, 700–820
	1. An Opening,
	2. Trouble in Paradise,
	3. The Falcon of the Quraysh,
	4. A New Emirate,
Part II: Transformation, 820–929
	5. The Emirate on the Edge,
	6. The Invention of al-Andalus,
	7. Saints and Sinners,
	8. Kingdoms of Faith,
Part III: Triumph, 929–1030
	9. A Sun Rising in the West,
	10. The Resplendent City,
	11. All the Caliph’s Men,
	12. “An Ornament Bright,”
	13. The General, the Caliph, His Wife, and Her Lover,
	14. The Chamberlain, Victorious,
	15. The Fall of the House of Umayya,
Part IV: Disarray, 1030–1220
	16. The Remembrance of Things Past,
	17. The Return of the King,
	18. A Soldier of Fortune in the Kingdom of Philosophy,
	19. A Terrible, Swift Sword,
	20. Faith and Power,
	21. An African Caliphate,
	22. Golden Ages,
Part V: Romance, 1220–1482
	23. The Great Game,
	24. Crescent Under Cross,
	25. The Pearl in the Necklace,
	26. Prosperous by God,
	27. Tales of the Alhambra,
Part VI: Shards, 1482–1614
	28. A Last Sigh,
	29. The Virgin and the Veil,
	30. On the Road with Ricote,
Epilogue: Al-Andalus Unmoored,
Acknowledgments,
Umayyad Amirs and Caliphs of Córdoba,
Nasrid Sultans and Notable Figures,
Notes,
Glossary,
Works Cited,
Index,