Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS xi
4. I. CONCERNING THIS HISTORY AND ITS HISTORICAL METHOD 1
5. II. THE PROBLEM: IN SEARCH OF THE REALITY THAT IS NOT A FABLE 20
6. III. THE SPANIARDS AS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE INTERMINGLING OF THREE CASTES OF BELIEVERS 48
7. IV. THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS 95
8. V. A HISTORY OF INNER CONFIDENCE AND INSECURITY 136
9. VI. THE NON-SPANISH STRUCTURE OF ROMAN AND VISIGOTHIC HISPANIA 174
10. VII. AL-ANDALUS AS A CONSTITUTIVE CIRCUMSTANCE OF SPANISH LIFE 209
11. VIII. ISLAMIC TRADITION AND SPANISH LIFE 272
12. IX. IN SEARCH OF A BETTER SOCIAL ORDER 324
13. X. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN AND EUROPEAN REACTION: ST. JAMES OF GALICIA 380
14. XI. SANTIAGO, AN INTERNATIONAL ATTRACTION 420
15. XII. THE ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF THREE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS 471
16. XIII. THE HISTORICAL AGES CONDITIONED BY THE PECULIAR PROBLEM OF THE SPANISH POPULATION 509
17. XIV. PROBLEMS AND PERIODS IN SPANISH HISTORY 566
18. ADDENDUM 586
19. APPENDIX: OBSERVATIONS ON BULLFIGHTS AND AUTOS DA Ff 588
20. INDEX 601