The Village World of Early Medieval Northern Spain: Local Community and the Land Market

by Robert Portass

In the early eighth century, the Muslim general Tariq ibn Ziyad led his forces across the Straits of Gibraltar and conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula. However, alongside the flourishing kingdom of al-Andalus, the small Christian realm of Asturias-Leon endured in the northern mountains. This book charts the social, economic and political development of Asturias-Leon from the Islamic conquest to 1031. Using a forensic comparative method, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861933443
• ISBN13: 9780861933440
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Royal Historical Society
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"