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. openion 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.