Why This Source Matters
Kennedy gives the site a dependable political sequence for Muslim Iberia. It is useful when a reader needs to understand how conquest, Umayyad rule, caliphal authority, taifa fragmentation, Maghrebi interventions, and later dynastic change fit into one narrative.
Best Uses
Use this source for political chronology, dynastic transitions, rulers, military context, diplomacy, and the changing geography of power across al-Andalus and Portugal.
Limits
Its center of gravity is political history. It should not be the only authority for daily life, art and architecture, language, agriculture, philosophy, or post-1492 Muslim communities.
Citation Practice
Cite Kennedy for political sequence, state formation, and dynastic context. Pair it with specialist works whenever an article moves into social life, material culture, trade, or intellectual history.
Stable Access
Open the Routledge publisher record.
Page-Range Guidance
The Routledge record verifies the chapter sequence, but not stable page spans. Use the chapters as first-pass citation routing: chapter 1 for conquest and the age of the amirs, 711-756; chapter 2 for the Umayyad amirate, 756-852; chapter 3 for the slide into anarchy, 852-912; chapter 4 for the Umayyad caliphate, 912-976; chapter 5 for the Amirids and collapse of the caliphate; chapter 6 for the taifa kingdoms; chapter 7 for the Almoravids; chapter 8 for the second taifas; chapters 9-10 for the Almohads; and chapter 11 for the Nasrids and the fall of Granada. Add exact page ranges from the print or ebook copy before using Kennedy as a pinpoint citation.