Myth, history, and the origins of al-Andalus: a historiographical essay

• Wolf, Kenneth Baxter ^[1]
  1. [1] Pomona College

     Pomona College

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1754-6567, ISSN 1754-6559, Vol. 11, Nº. 3 (What was the Islamic Conquest of Iberia?), 2019, págs. 378-401
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This essay juxtaposes two recent efforts to demythologize the history of the origins of al-Andalus. Alejandro García Sanjuán has called into question the continued usefulness of reconquista as a historical model, while Emilio González Ferrín has gone further, challenging the very notion of an “Islamic conquest,” which he regards as another misleading holdover from the past. Considering these two approaches side by side allows for a deeper appreciation of the challenges of demythologization in relation to the study of medieval Spanish history.