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

by Menocal, Maria Rosa

• ISBN13: 9780316168717
• ISBN10: 0316168718
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780316092791
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780316566889
• 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