Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Illustrations/Maps 9
4. Preface 11
5. Abbreviations For Citations 13
6. Hispania 17
7. Part I. The Visigothic Era 415—711
8. 1. The Visigothic Kingdom 37
9. 2. Visigothic Government 55
10. 3. Visigothic Society And Culture 70
11. Part II. The Ascendancy Of Islam 711-1031
12. 4. The Emirate Of Córdoba 91
13. 5. The Caliphate of Córdoba 116
14. 6. Government, Society, and Culture in al-Andalus, 711-1031 137
15. 7. Government, Society, and Culture in Christian Spain, 711-1035 163
16. PART III. A Balance of Power, from the Jail of the Caliphate to Las Navas de Tolosa 1031-1212
17. 8. Alfonso VI, the Taifas, and the Almoravids 193
18. 9. Alfonso VII and the Leonese Empire 215
19. 10. The Duel with the Almohads 234
20. 11. Government, 1031-1212 254
21. 12. Society and the Economy, 1031-1212 282
22. 13. Religion and Culture, 1031-1212 305
23. PART IV. The Great Reconquest and the Beginnings of Overseas Expansion 1212-1369
24. 14. The Great Reconquest 333
25. 15. Alfonso X and the Lure of Empire 358
26. 16. The Overseas Expansion of the Crown of Aragon 382
27. 17. The Straits, the Mediterranean, and Civil War 407
28. 18. Government, 1212-1369 428
29. 19. Society and the Economy, 1212-1369 459
30. 20. Religion and Culture, 1212-1369 487
31. PART V. The Struggle for Peninsular Union 1369-1479
32. 21. The Early Trastámaras 523
33. 22. The Hegemony of the Trastámaras 549
34. 23. Government, 1369-1479 578
35. 24. Society and the Economy, 1369-1479 604
36. 25. Religion and Culture, 1369-1479 626
37. Epilogue
38. The Catholic Kings and the Perfect Prince 657
39. Genealogical Charts, Bibliography, and Index
40. Genealogical Charts 678
41. Bibliography 683
42. Index 706