Joseph F. O'Callaghan is Professor Emeritus of History at Fordham University. He is a past president of the American Catholic Historical Association and the Academy of American Historians of Medieval Spain.

Preface

Abbreviations for Citations
HispaniaPART I: THE VISIGOTH ERA, 415-711

1. The Visigothic Kingdom

2. Visigothic Government

3. Visigothic Society and CulturePART II. THE ASCENDANCY OF ISLAM, 711-1031

4. The Emirate of Córdoba

5. The Caliphate of Córdoba

6. Government, Society, and Culture in al-Andalus, 711-1031

7. Government, Society, and Culture in Christian Spain, 711-1035PART III. A BALANCE OF POWER, FROM THE FALL OF THE CALIPHATE TO LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA, 1031-1212

8. Alfonso VI, the Taifas, and the Almoravids

9. Alfonso VII and the Leonese Empire

10. The Duel with the Almohads

11. Government, 1031-1212

12. Society and the Economy, 1031-1212

13. Religion and Culture, 1031-1212PART IV. THE GREAT RECONQUEST AND THE BEGINNINGS OF OVERSEAS EXPANSION, 1212-1369

14. The Great Reconquest

15. Alfonso X and the Lure of Empire

16. The Overseas Expansion of the Crown of Aragon

17. The Straits, the Mediterranean, and Civil War

18. Government, 1212-1369

19. Society and the Economy, 1212-1369

20. Religion and Culture, 1212-1369PART V. THE STRUGGLE FOR PENINSULAR UNION, 1369-1479

21. The Early Trastámaras

22. The Hegemony of the Trastámaras

23. Government, 1369-1479

24. Society and the Economy, 1369-1479

25. Religion and Culture, 1369-1479EPILOGUE

The Catholic Kings and the Perfect PrinceGENEALOGICAL CHARTS

1. Umayyad Emirs and Caliphs of Córdoba, 756-1031

2. Kings of Asturias-León to 1037

3. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, and Barcelona to 1035

4. Rulers of Portugal, León, and Castile, 1035-1214

5. Rulers of Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, and Provence, 1035-1214

6. Kings of Navarre, 1194-1512

7. Kings of León-Castile, 1214-1504

8. Kings of Portugal, 1211-1521

9. Kings of Aragon, 1213-1516

10. The Nasrid Kings of Granada, 1232-1492BIBLIOGRAPHY

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General Works

Part I: The Visigothic Era

Part II: The Ascendancy of Islam

Part III: A Balance of Power, from the Fall of the Caliphate to Las Navas de Tolosa

Part IV: The Great Reconquest and the Beginnings of Overseas Expansion

Part V: The Struggle for Peninsular Union

Epilogue: The Catholic Kings and the Perfect PrinceINDEX