Stanley Edward Lane-Poole (18 December 1854 29 December 1931) was

a British orientalist and archaeologist.[Born in London, England, from 1874 to

1892 he worked in the British Museum, and after that in Egypt researching
on Egyptian archaeology. From 1897 to 1904 he had a chair as Professor of
Arabic studies at Dublin University.
The title of the book in spain represents the era of the moors administration in
spain.The term Moors refers to the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, North
Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta during the Middle Ages, who
initially were Berber and Arab peoples from North Africa.This book was
published in 1896 and it has 301 pages contain 14 detailed chapters that cover
the history of Islamic Spain. It is a comprehensive and informative look at the
subject by an industrious and scrupulous author. Contents Include: The Last of
the Goths; The Wave of Conquest; The People of Andalusia; A Young
Pretender; The Christian Martyrs; The Great Khalif; The Holy War; The City
of the Khalif; The Prime Minister; The Berbers in Power; My Cid the
Challenger; The Kingdom of Granada; The Fall of Granada; Bearing the
Cross; Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We
are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern
editions, using the original text and artwork.
The book divided into fourteenth chapters accompanied by index as well it is
a judies account of the impartial rendering of facts of the Muslims era which
stretched for almost eight hundred years. An era when in the entire Europe
only Spain lit up the torch of learning and knowledge. When education was
confined to selected few and anyone who had the ability to write his own
name was considered to be a man of culture.
Lanepoole has almost narrative throughout beginning with the Moorish
conquest till their heart breaking but perseverant determination to save the
land from the Christian of the north at that time. The first three chapters deal
with the gothic history of Spain when the last Goaths were ruling over the
nation. Tariq son of Ziad and Musa son of Nusair cross the Gibraltar in 711
and carried a successful conquest in today what it is called Spain. Then the
planned scheme of his book, he introduce the people who have secured
themselves on the mounds of the past and looked to have found unrivalled
society and civilization which had a daunting presence to then world. He
starts of discussing the Umayyad rule of Spain in by first Abdur Rahman who
began his life as wandering fugitive and ending up becoming the Emir of
entire country. His fight from the land of his ancestor, his sojourn into Africa,
his landing into the country of Spain forms an indomitable character which he
was endowed by nature. He started the beginning of long series of acts of
solidification and construction of empire that would last for centuries. Three
more rulers followed him bearing his name to which Abdur Rahman 3 all
time. It was a great time of desperation and a great king was needed. The
circumstances paved the way for Abdur Rahman 3 and he made his entrance
onto the stage of Spanish affairs who lavished a name to it which would live
forever.
The eight chapter The city of the khalif conjures up the pictures of the time
and the city of Cordova lives one again into the minds of the readers. The
description is filled with hallow and romance and Lanepoole may found this
best dealing with chapters. A book thousand pages may not bring it so close as
does this chapter of twelve pages. Every word is soaked with great human
feeling for the past and it doesnt go without appealing to our emotion. In the
last chapters he deals the downfall of the Muslim rule. The fall of the Granada
brings to completion the re-conquest of the Spanish cities.
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The book is full of historical facts about a time and place in history that was a
lot different than what was going on in the rest of Europe, but although there
was good times for the people, they still had to put up with the tragedy of war.
Still, the history of this part of Europe was a lot different from the rest of
Europe.i am Hispanic and speak Spanish and I have visited Spain and viewed
all the Arabic designs (Islamic) and always wanted more information about
the the Moors. I have books that tells about the Moors and the Middle East but
none on the influence on the Spanish language, architectural and the people in
Spanish. This book was exactly what I was looking for.Although many Moors
practice Islam, as a result of the Islam expansion into Africa, the Moors are
not Arabian, as they are often identified (also, all Moors are not Muslims,
which we will discuss in an upcoming Board). You can click on the title to go
to the actual website.It should also be noted that the black Moors were not
slaves but took white people as slaves after their expansion into Spain.