The Arab conquest of Spain, 710-797 / Roger Collins.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A developing kingdom. The Visigothic twilight? ; Visigothic Hispania and its neighbours -- Adjusting to conquest. Problems of evidence and interpretation ; Military occupation and the restoration of order -- The tenacity of a tradition. Christian chroniclers and Arab rulers ; Toledo and the Spanish church -- The conquerors divided. A peaceful decade in the peninsula ; Wars with the Franks ; Arab versus Berber, Arab versus Arab -- The rise of an adventurer. The making of a dynastic legend ; The Umayyad Coup d'état -- A dynasty of opportunists. Pelagius and the Asturian revolt ; The kingdom's opponents: Muslims and Christians -- The maturing of a regime. The march to the Ebro ; The 'Arab Leovigild' ; Administration and control -- Some winners and some losers. The struggle for the succession ; The return of the Franks ; Adoptionism and the decline of Toledo -- Bibliographical essay.