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

by Menocal, Maria Rosa

• ISBN13: 9780316566889
• ISBN10: 0316566888
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-02
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co

Summary

Dispelling the myths that the Middle Ages were rife with religious persecution and intellectual stagnation, a mesmerizing glimpse into the world of medieval Spain reveals a culture where literature, science, and tolerance thrived for five hundred years. 2

Author Biography

Maria Rosa Menocal is R. Selden Rose Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
A Note on Transliterations and Non-English Names	p. xvii
Beginnings	p. 3
A Brief History of A First-Rate Place	p. 15
The Palaces of Memory	p. 51
The Mosque and the Palm Tree	p. 53
Cordoba, 786
Mother Tongues	p. 66
Cordoba, 855
A Grand Vizier, A Grand City	p. 79
Cordoba, 949
The Gardens of Memory	p. 91
Madinat al-Zahra, South of Cordoba, 1009
Victorious in Exile	p. 101
The Battlefield at Argona, Between Cordoba and Granada, 1041
Love and Its Songs	p. 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	p. 130
Toledo, 1085
An Andalusian in London	p. 147
Huesca, 1106
Sailing Away, Riding Away	p. 158
Alexandria, 1140
The Abbot and the Quran	p. 174
Cluny, 1142
Gifts	p. 189
Sicily, 1236
Cordoba, 1236
Granada, 1236
Banned in Paris	p. 201
Paris, 1277
Visions of Other Worlds	p. 216
Avila, 1305
Foreign Dignitaries at the Courts of Castile	p. 229
Seville, 1364
Toledo, 1364
In the Alhambra	p. 244
Granada, 1492
Somewhere in La Mancha	p. 253
1605
Epilogue: Andalusian Shards	p. 266
Postscript	p. 282
Other Readings	p. 284
Thanks	p. 293
Index	p. 299
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