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9780316168717

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

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    9780316168717

  • ISBN10:

    0316168718

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-02
  • Publisher: HACHETTE

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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.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
x
Foreword xi
Harold Bloom
A Note on Transliterations and Non-English Names xv
BEGINNINGS
3(12)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF A FIRST-RATE PLACE
15(36)
THE PALACES OF MEMORY
51(215)
The Mosque and the Palm Tree
53(13)
Cordoba 786
Mother Tongues
66(13)
Cordoba 855
A Grand Vizier, A Grand City
79(12)
Cordoba 949
The Gardens of Memory
91(10)
Madinat al-Zahra, South of Cordoba, 1009
Victorious in Exile
101(11)
The Battlefield at Argona, Between Cordoba and Granada, 1041
Love and Its Songs
112(18)
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(17)
Toledo, 1085
An Andalusian in London
147(11)
Huesca, 1106
Sailing Away, Riding Away
158(16)
Alexandria, 1140
The Abbot and the Quran
174(15)
Cluny, 1142
Gifts
189(12)
Sicily, 1236
Cordoba, 1236
Granada, 1236
Banned in Paris
201(15)
Paris, 1277
Visions of Other Worlds
216(13)
Avila, 1305
Foreign Dignitaries at the Courts of Castile
229(15)
Seville, 1364
Toledo, 1364
In the Alhambra
244(9)
Granada, 1492
Somewhere in La Mancha
253(13)
1605
Epilogue: Andalusian Shards 266(16)
Postscript 282(2)
Other Readings 284(9)
Thanks 293(6)
Index 299

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