De cómo los árabes realmente invadieron hispania

Abstract

The well-known thesis by I. Olagüe that suggested that the Arabs did not actually conquer Hispania has received a fresh and outlandish momentum in the last years thank to a number of factors: its diffusion in internet forums, its adoption as a historical narrative by Islamic communities and, finally, the attempts to adapt it as a historical discourse which allows to show a supposed cultural continuity with the classical world. The recent book by Alejandro García Sanjuán is an excellent answer to this interpretation. García Sanjuán tackles with precision and minute detail all the misunder-stadings and phalacies on which negationism bases its claims. The work also contains interesting critical contributions to our knowledge of the conquest of 711, which are discussed in detail.