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History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, Vol. 1 (of 3)Scott, S. P. (Samuel Parsons)

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History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Name: History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Author: Scott, S. P. (Samuel Parsons)

Scott, S. P. (Samuel Parsons)

Arabs -- Europe -- History; Islamic civilization; Muslims -- Spain -- History; Spain -- History -- 711-1516

The Northern Provinces of Spain--Their Desolate and
    Forbidding Character--Climate--Population--Religion
    --Peculiarities of the Asturian Peasantry--Pelayus
    --His Birth and Antecedents--He collects an Army
    --Obscure Origin of the Spanish Kingdom--Extraordinary
    Conditions under which it was founded--Battle of
    Covadonga--Rout of the Arabs--Increase of the Christian
    Power--Favila--Alfonso I.--His Enterprise and Conquests
    --His Policy of Colonization--Survival of the Spirit of
    Liberty--Religious Abuses--State of Society--Beginning
    of the Struggle for Empire                                      337


                             CHAPTER VIII

               THE OMMEYADES; REIGN OF ABD-AL-RAHMAN I.

    The Ommeyade Family--Its Origin--Its Hostility to
    Mohammed--The Syrian Princes--Their Profligacy--Splendors
    of Damascus--Luxury of the Syrian Capital--Rise of the
    Abbasides--Proscription of the Defeated Faction--Escape of
    Abd-al-Rahman--His Romantic Career--He enters Spain--His
    Success--Defeat and Dethronement of Yusuf--Constant
    Insurrections--Enterprise of the Khalif of Bagdad--Its
    Disastrous Termination--Invasion of Charlemagne--Slaughter
    of Roncesvalles--Death of Abd-al-Rahman--His Character--His
    Services to Civilization--Foundation of the Great
    Mosque--The Franks reconquer Septimania                         367


                              CHAPTER IX

               REIGN OF HISCHEM I.; REIGN OF AL-HAKEM I.

    Custom of Royal Succession violated by the Will
    of Abd-al-Rahman--Accession of Hischem--Revolt of
    Suleyman and Abdallah--They are routed and their
    Armies dispersed--Clemency of the Emir--Invasion of
    Septimania--Defeat of the Franks--Indecisive Results
    of the Campaign--Public Works of Hischem--His Noble
    Character--His Partiality for Theologians--The
    Southern Suburb of Cordova--Death of Hischem--General
    Distrust of Al-Hakem--Suleyman and Abdallah again in
    Rebellion--Civil War--The Gothic March--Siege and
    Capture of Barcelona--Apathy of the Emir--Importance
    of the Conquest--The Edrisite Dynasty--Disturbances
    at Toledo--“The Day of the Ditch”--The Royal
    Body-Guard--Revolt of the Faquis--Its Results--League of
    the Asturian and Frankish Princes--Legend of St. James the
    Apostle--Death of Al-Hakem--His Character                       421


                               CHAPTER X

             REIGN OF ABD-AL-RAHMAN II.; REIGN OF MOHAMMED

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