Summary Of Maria Rosa Menocal S The Ornament Of The World

Author : Maria Rosa Menocal
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316092791

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The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal Pdf

This classic bestseller — the inspiration for the PBS series — is an "illuminating and even inspiring" portrait of medieval Spain that explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance (Los Angeles Times). This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, 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 where literature, science, and the arts flourished. "It is no exaggeration to say that what we presumptuously call 'Western' culture is owed in large measure to the Andalusian enlightenment...This book partly restores a world we have lost." —Christopher Hitchens, The Nation

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-22T22:59:00Z
Category : History
ISBN : 9798822546547

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Summary of Maria Rosa Menocal's The Ornament of the World by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Abd al-Rahman, a young man from the heart of the Islamic Empire, fled to the Maghrib, where he met with his Berber kinsmen. They had converted to Islam and were partially Arabized, and they had pushed across the Strait of Gibraltar to conquer Iberia. #2 The local politics in al-Andalus were shaped by the often violent rivalries between the majority Berber rank and file and the Arab leadership. The emirs of these Andalusian frontier territories were fairly autonomous representatives of the rather distant central government. #3 The history of al-Andalus, which is the history of Islam in Europe, is largely unknown and misunderstood. It was a period of time that was dark and barbaric in the conventional histories of the Arabic-speaking peoples, but it was a fascinating period of time that profoundly affected European history. #4 The book follows the path of Abd al-Rahman, who escaped the destruction of his home to become the first of his line. It is about a foundational European cultural moment that qualifies as first-rate in the sense of E Scott Fitzgerald’s formula: the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time.

Author : Richard Fletcher
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474603225

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Moorish Spain by Richard Fletcher Pdf

Written in the same tradition as John Julius Norwich's engrossing accounts of Venice and Byzantium, Richard Fletcher's Moorish Spain entertains even as it enlightens. He tells the story of a vital period in Spanish history which transformed the culture and society, not only of Spain, but of the rest of Europe as well. Moorish influence transformed the architecture, art, literature and learning, and Fletcher combines this analysis with a crisp account of the wars, politics and sociological changes of the time.

Author : Dario Fernandez-Morera
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684516292

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The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise by Dario Fernandez-Morera Pdf

A finalist for World Magazine's Book of the Year! Scholars, journalists, and even politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—"al-Andalus"—as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth. In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise shines light on hidden history by drawing on an abundance of primary sources that scholars have ignored, as well as archaeological evidence only recently unearthed. This supposed beacon of peaceful coexistence began, of course, with the Islamic Caliphate's conquest of Spain. Far from a land of religious tolerance, Islamic Spain was marked by religious and therefore cultural repression in all areas of life and the marginalization of Christians and other groups—all this in the service of social control by autocratic rulers and a class of religious authorities. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise provides a desperately needed reassessment of medieval Spain. As professors, politicians, and pundits continue to celebrate Islamic Spain for its "multiculturalism" and "diversity," Fernández-Morera sets the historical record straight—showing that a politically useful myth is a myth nonetheless.

Author : Richard A. Fletcher,Richard Fletcher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0520248406

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Moorish Spain by Richard A. Fletcher,Richard Fletcher Pdf

A good introductory picture of the Islamic presence in Spain, from the year 711 until the modern era.

Author : Salma Khadra Jayyusi,Manuela Marín
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9004095993

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The Legacy of Muslim Spain by Salma Khadra Jayyusi,Manuela Marín Pdf

The civilisation of medieval Muslim Spain is perhaps the most brilliant and prosperous of its age and has been essential to the direction which civilisation in medieval Europe took. This volume is the first ever in any language to deal in a really comprehensive manner with all major aspects of Islamic civilisation in medieval Spain.

Author : Olivia Remie Constable,Damian Zurro
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812221688

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Medieval Iberia by Olivia Remie Constable,Damian Zurro Pdf

For some historians, medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross-cultural fertilization; others have sketched a harsher picture of Muslims and Christians engaged in an ongoing contest for political, religious, and economic advantage culminating in the fall of Muslim Granada and the expulsion of the Jews in the late fifteenth century. The reality that emerges in Medieval Iberia is more nuanced than either of these scenarios can comprehend. Now in an expanded, second edition, this monumental collection offers unparalleled access to the multicultural complexity of the lands that would become modern Portugal and Spain. The documents collected in Medieval Iberia date mostly from the eighth through the fifteenth centuries and have been translated from Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Castilian, Catalan, and Portuguese by many of the most eminent scholars in the field of Iberian studies. Nearly one quarter of this edition is new, including visual materials and increased coverage of Jewish and Muslim affairs, as well as more sources pertaining to women, social and economic history, and domestic life. This primary source material ranges widely across historical chronicles, poetry, and legal and religious sources, and each is accompanied by a brief introduction placing the text in its historical and cultural setting. Arranged chronologically, the documents are also keyed so as to be accessible to readers interested in specific topics such as urban life, the politics of the royal courts, interfaith relations, or women, marriage, and the family.

Author : Maria Rosa Menocal,María Rosa Menocal
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780812200713

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The Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History by Maria Rosa Menocal,María Rosa Menocal Pdf

Arabic culture was a central and shaping phenomenon in medieval Europe, yet its influence on medieval literature has been ignored or marginalized for the last two centuries. In this ground-breaking book, now returned to print with a new afterword by the author, María Rosa Menocal argues that major modifications of the medieval canon and its literary history are necessary. Menocal reviews the Arabic cultural presence in a variety of key settings, including the courts of William of Aquitaine and Frederick II, the universities in London, Paris, and Bologna, and Cluny under Peter the Venerable, and she examines how our perception of specific texts including the courtly love lyric and the works of Dante and Boccaccio would be altered by an acknowledgment of the Arabic cultural component.

Author : Brian A. Catlos
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465093168

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Kingdoms of Faith by Brian A. Catlos Pdf

A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new interpretation of the forces that shaped it. Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain as a paradise of enlightened tolerance or the site where civilizations clashed. Catlos taps a wide array of primary sources to paint a more complex portrait, showing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews together built a sophisticated civilization that transformed the Western world, even as they waged relentless war against each other and their coreligionists. Religion was often the language of conflict, but seldom its cause -- a lesson we would do well to learn in our own time.

Author : David Levering Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0393067904

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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis Pdf

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author, God’s Crucible brings to life “a furiously complex age” (New York Times Book Review). Resonating as profoundly today as when it was first published to widespread critical acclaim a decade ago, God’s Crucible is a bold portrait of Islamic Spain and the birth of modern Europe from one of our greatest historians. David Levering Lewis’s narrative, filled with accounts of some of the most epic battles in world history, reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished—a beacon of cooperation and tolerance—while proto-Europe floundered in opposition to Islam, making virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery. This masterful history begins with the fall of the Persian and Roman empires, followed by the rise of the prophet Muhammad and five centuries of engagement between the Muslim imperium and an emerging Europe. Essential and urgent, God’s Crucible underscores the importance of these early, world-altering events whose influence remains as current as today’s headlines.

Author : Jerrilynn Denise Dodds,Maria Rosa Menocal,Abigail Krasner Balbale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0300106092

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The Arts of Intimacy by Jerrilynn Denise Dodds,Maria Rosa Menocal,Abigail Krasner Balbale Pdf

"In this way the culture of medieval Spain is relevant to our own world both enriched and anguished by its diversity. The Arts of Intimacy is a vital book, dedicated to telling the story of the complexity of interactions between the three monotheistic religions in medieval Spain - yielding lessons that can be drawn through to our experience today. The volume serves as a souvenir of Spanish history and culture, and an invitation to examine how a complex culture is deeply shaped by both receptivity and conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : L.P. Harvey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226227740

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Islamic Spain by L.P. Harvey Pdf

This is a richly detailed account of Muslim life throughout the kingdoms of Spain, from the fall of Seville, which signaled the beginning of the retreat of Islam, to the Christian reconquest. "Harvey not only examines the politics of the Nasrids, but also the Islamic communities in the Christian kingdoms of the peninsula. This innovative approach breaks new ground, enables the reader to appreciate the situation of all Spanish Muslims and is fully vindicated. . . . An absorbing and thoroughly informed narrative."—Richard Hitchcock, Times Higher Education Supplement "L. P. Harvey has produced a beautifully written account of an enthralling subject."—Peter Linehan, The Observer

Author : Charles R. Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Islam
ISBN : UCAL:B3955148

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The Challenge of Islam by Charles R. Marsh Pdf

Author : Till van Rahden
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0299226948

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Jews and Other Germans by Till van Rahden Pdf

Examines the integration of Jews into German society between 1860-1925, taking as an example the city of Breslau (then Germany, now Wrocław, Poland). Questions whether there was a continuous line from the German treatment of Jews before World War I to Nazi antisemitism. During and after World War I, relations between Jews and non-Jews worsened and the high level of Jewish integration eroded between 1916-25. Although the constitution of the Weimar Republic accorded Jews equality, they experienced acts of violence and discrimination. Argues that antisemitism became stronger as the economic situation of the Jews deteriorated, due to inflation and the emigration to Germany of 4,273 impoverished Jews from Poland and Russia between 1919-23. Concludes, nevertheless, that no direct line can be drawn between the antisemitism in Imperial Germany and that of the Nazi period.

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317870401

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Muslim Spain and Portugal by Hugh Kennedy Pdf

This is the first study in English of the political history of Muslim Spain and Portugal, based on Arab sources. It provides comprehensive coverage of events across the whole of the region from 711 to the fall of Granada in 1492. Up till now the history of this region has been badly neglected in comparison with studies of other states in medieval Europe. When considered at all, it has been largely written from Christian sources and seen in terms of the Christian Reconquest. Hugh Kennedy raises the profile of this important area, bringing the subject alive with vivid translations from Arab sources. This will be fascinating reading for historians of medieval Europe and for historians of the middle east drawing out the similarities and contrasts with other areas of the Muslim world.