The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menocal, Maria Rosa.

Contributor:

GIC Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature: Non-Fiction.

Local Subjects:

Literature: Non-Fiction.

Edition:

First edition.

Summary:

Widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literature, science, and the arts flourished. of photos. 3 maps.

Contents:

Beginnings 3

A Brief History of a First-Rate Place 15

The Palaces of Memory 51

The Mosque and the Palm Tree 53

Cordoba 786

Mother Tongues 66

Cordoba 855

A Grand Vizier, a Grand City 79

Cordoba 949

The Gardens of Memory 91

Madinat al-Zahra, South of Cordoba 1009

Victorious in Exile 101

The Battlefield at Argona, Between Cordoba and Granada 1041

Love and Its Songs 112

Niebla, Just West of Seville, on the Road to Huelva, August 1064

Barbastro, in the Foothills of the Pyrenees, on the Road to Saragossa, August 1064

The Church at the Top of the Hill 130

Toledo 1085

An Andalusian in London 147

Huesca 1106

Sailing Away, Riding Away 158

Alexandria 1140

The Abbot and the Quran 174

Cluny 1142

Gifts 189

Sicily 1236

Cordoba 1236

Granada 1236

Banned in Paris 201

Paris 1277

Visions of Other Worlds 216

Avila 1305

Foreign Dignitaries at the Courts of Castile 229

Seville 1364

Toledo 1364

In the Alhambra 244

Granada 1492

Somewhere in La Mancha 1605 253

Epilogue: Andalusian Shards 266.

ISBN:

9780316168717