In 711 an army of Arabs and Berbers from North Africa, united by their faith in Islam, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. In less than a decade the Muslims brought most of the peninsula under their domination; they called the Iberian lands they…
In this colourfully illustrated book, Rose Walker surveys Spanish and Portuguese art and architecture from the time of the Roman conquest to the early twelfth century. For generations, scholarly discussions of such art have been complicated by a focus on maps of the pilgrimage r…
In this colorfully illustrated book, Rose Walker surveys Spanish and Portuguese art and architecture from the time of the Roman conquest to the early twelfth century. For generations, scholarly discussions of such art have been complicated by a focus on maps of the pilgrimage ro…
6. Dispersal after the Fall of the CaliphateArt Under â#x80;#x9B;Abd al-Malik; Art during the fitna; The taifa kingdoms; Carving in Catalonia; Experiments in Building; The Kingdom of Pamplona and its Networks; 7. Trading Peace, Gold and Expertise, c. 1050-c. 1075; Taifa Kingdoms…
