Written by one of the 20th Century’s foremost historians of Iberia, Harold Livermore was a prize-winning author and one of the first anglophone scholars to research the annals of Spain and Portugal. This comprehensive book, originally published in 1971, covers the history of Spain and Portugal from the later Roman Empire, through the Hispano-Gothic Kingdom of Toledo up until the Muslim Invasions and the Reconquest.
1.The Empire After the Anarchy 2. The Spains 3. The First Barbarian Invasions 4. The Suevi and Their Neighbours 5. The Visigothic Kingdom in Gaul 6. Visigothic Rulers and Roman Subjects 7. The Visigoths Transferred to Spain 8. The Founders: Athanagild and Leovigild 9. St. Isidore and the Catholic Monarchy 10. The Rise and Fall of the Neo-Roman State 11. The Aftermath 12. The Expansion of Islam and Berber Africa 13. The Military Colony of Córdoba 14. Ummaiyad Power and Carolingian Intervention 15. The Fall of the Old Church of Toledo: Santiago and the Reconquest.
Biography
Harold Livermore (1914-2010) was a major historian of Iberia.
Original review of A History of Spain:
‘Mr Livermore…has the ability to present an entirely clear picture of events…A History of Spain is a splendid and much-needed contribution to the field of Spanish studies.’ Gwendolin B. Cobb, The Americas, Vol 16 No. 3 (1960).
