A vanished world : medieval Spain's golden age of enlightenment
by
Lowney, Chris.
Title
:
A vanished world : medieval Spain's golden age of enlightenment
Author
:
Lowney, Chris.
ISBN
:
9780743243599
Personal Author
:
Lowney, Chris.
Publication Information
:
New York : Free Press, 2005.
Physical Description
:
p. cm.
Contents
:
1. Spain before Islam -- 2. The Moors conquer Spain -- 3. Santiago discovered in the field of stars -- 4. Martyr-activists -- 5. The pope who learned math from Muslim Spain -- 6. Europe's busiest highway -- 7. A Jewish general in a Muslim kingdom -- 8. The frontier -- 9. Charlemagne -- 10. El Cid -- 11. The second Moses and medieval medicine -- 12. Rethinking religion -- 13. A Muslim commentator englightens Christendom -- 14. Sufism -- 15. The Kabbalah -- 16. Fernando III -- 17. A common life shared among three faiths -- 18. Alfonso the learned king -- 19. The end of Spanish Judaism -- 20. Columbus, a new world, and the end of history.
Abstract
:
"In a world troubled by religious strife and division, Chris Lowney's book offers a hopeful historical reminder: Muslims, Christians, and Jews once lived together in Spain, creating a centuries-long flowering of commerce, culture, art, and architecture. Written with a narrative drive reminiscent of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, this new work takes us back to a medieval Iberia that prefigured the Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Toleration -- Spain -- History.
Muslims -- Spain -- History.
Christians -- Spain -- History.
Jews -- Spain -- History.
Religions -- Relations.
Geographic Term
:
Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516.
Spain -- Ethnic relations.
Spain -- Religion.
Spain -- Biography.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015769694 | 946.02 L919V 2005 | 1 |