About the Author

L. P. Harvey was, until his retirement, head of the Department of Spanish and Spanish American Studies, King's College, University of London.

Reviews

Former chair of the Spanish Department at King's College, University of London, Harvey synthesizes 35 years of research in this clearly written, comprehensive, and illuminating study detailing the final three centuries of the Islamic presence in the Iberian Peninsula. He focuses on the two distinct Spanish Islamic communities of the late Middle Ages: the scattered Muslim settlements living under Christian rule in Castile, Aragon, and Navarre; and the independent kingdom of Granada. He gives a superbly integrated account of these two societies, their courageous defense of Islam and eventual destruction by the forces of Christian Spain. Recommended for informed laypersons and specialists.-- Roger B. Beck, Eastern Illinois Univ., Charleston