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Half title Cambridge concise histories Title page Imprints page Contents Illustrations Maps Preface Note on the second edition 1 The land and its early inhabitants 2 Ancient legacies 3 Diversity in medieval Spain

Conquest, conversion, and assimilation From emirate to caliphate in Muslim Spain Origins of Christian states in the north The apogee of Muslim Spain

4 The rise of Spain to international prominence

Reconquest and economic developments The wool industry of Castile The trade of the Crown of Aragon Economic crisis and recovery in late medieval Spain Crisis and decline of Spain's Jewish communities Political patterns in late medieval Spain Politics and personalities in late medieval Spain The Spanish inquisition and the expulsion of the Jews Consolidation of royal power under Isabel and Fernando

5 Spain as the first global empire 6 Toward modernity: From the Napoleonic invasion to Alfonso XIII 7 The struggle for the Spanish soul: Republic, civil war, and dictatorship 8 New Spain, new Spaniards: European, democratic, and multicultural Chronology and rulers

The land and early inhabitants Ancient legacies Diversity in medieval spain The rise of Spain to international prominence

Castile Aragon

Spain as the first global empire

Toward modernity: from the Napoleonic invasion to Alfonso XIII

French occupation and War of Independence Bourbon dynasty restored Provisional government, after forcing Isabel II into exile First Republic Bourbon dynasty restored

The struggle for the Spanish soul: Republic, civil war, and dictatorship

Second Republic Dictatorship of Francisco Franco

New Spain, new Spaniards: European, democratic, and multicultural

Bourbon dynasty restored

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