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

Name: Ornament of the World How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
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ISBN: 9780316168717

ISBN-10: 0316168718

ISBN-13: 9780316168717

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Marï¿½a Rosa Menocal

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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 4/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.31" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Maps


Foreword



A Note on Transliterations and Non-English Names


Beginnings


A Brief History of a First-Rate Place


The Palaces of Memory


The Mosque and the Palm Tree


Cordoba


Mother Tongues


Cordoba


A Grand Vizier, a Grand City


Cordoba


The Gardens of Memory


Madinat al-Zahra, South of Cordoba


Victorious in Exile


The Battlefield at Argona, Between Cordoba and Granada


Love and Its Songs


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


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


The Church at the Top of the Hill


Toledo


An Andalusian in London


Huesca


Sailing Away, Riding Away


Alexandria


The Abbot and the Quran


Cluny


Gifts


Sicily


Cordoba


Granada


Banned in Paris


Paris


Visions of Other Worlds


Avila


Foreign Dignitaries at the Courts of Castile


Seville


Toledo


In the Alhambra


Granada


Somewhere in La Mancha 1605


Epilogue: Andalusian Shards


Postscript


Other Readings


Thanks


Index