History of the Moors of Spain

by Florian

FIRST EPOCH

PAGE

The Origin of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Arabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Birth of Mohammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Religion of Mohammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The Progress of Islamism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Victories of the Mussulmans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
New Conquests of the Mohammedans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Moors become Mussulmans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Condition of Spain under the Goths . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Conquest of Spain by the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Viceroys of Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Insurrection of Prince Pelagius . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Abderamus attempts the Conquest of France . . . . . . . . 39
He penetrates as far as the Loire . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Battle of Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Civil Wars distract Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43