The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 1

Contents: Introduction; The itineraries of the Muslim conquest of al-Andalus in the light of a new source: Ibn al-Shabbat, Emilio de Santiago Simón; The Muslim settlement of Spania/al-Andalus, Maria Jesús Viguera Molíns; Al-Andalus and Gothica Sors, Heinz Halm; The social structure of al-Andalus during the Muslim occupation (711-755) and the founding of the Umayyad monarchy, Miguel Cruz Hernández; The settlement and organisation of the Syrian Junds in al-Andalus, Eduardo Manzano Moreno; An Arab among the Muwallads: Muhammad ibn ’Abd al-Salam al-Khushani, Luis Molina; The population of the region of Valencia during the first two centuries of Muslim rule, Pierre Guichard; Mozarabs: an emblematic Christian minority in Islamic al-Andalus, Míkel de Epalza; From the Roman to the Arab: the rise of the city of Murcia, Alfonso Carmona González; From Civitas to Madina: destruction and formation of the city in south-east al-Andalus: the archaeological debate, Sonia Gutiérrez Lloret; Cities founded by the Muslims in al-Andalus, Leopoldo Torres Balbás; Four questions in connection with Ibn Hafsun, Maribel Fierro; From the Sikkat al-Andalus to the mint of Madinat al-Zahra’, Alberto Canto García; Settlement and fortification in southern al-Andalus: the formation of a land of Husun, Manuel Acién Almansa; Considerations with respect to Al-Thaghr in al-Andalus and the political-administrative division of Muslim Spain, Jacinto Bosch Vilá; The zalmedina of Córdoba, Joaquin Vallvé Bermejo; The manifest caliph: Umayyad ceremony in Córdoba, or the staging of power, Miquel Barceló; Eastern influences in al-Andalus, Juan Zozaya; The structure of the family in al-Andalus, María Luisa Ávila; Index.