Early Islamic Spain

2009-02-25 History

Author : David James
Release : 2009-02-25
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 319/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Early Islamic Spain written by David James. This book was released on 2009-02-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including maps, an extensive introduction and notes and commentary by the translator, Early Islamic Spain is the first English language translation of the important history of Islamic Spain by Ibn al-Qutiyyah, one of the earliest and significant histories of Muslim Spain and an important source for scholars.

Kingdoms of Faith

2018-05-01 History

Author : Brian A. Catlos
Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 167/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Kingdoms of Faith written by Brian A. Catlos. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Early Islamic Spain

2009 Muslims

Author : Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar Ibn al-Qūṭīyah
Release : 2009
Genre : Muslims
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Download or read book Early Islamic Spain written by Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar Ibn al-Qūṭīyah. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including maps, an extensive introduction and notes and commentary by the translator, Early Islamic Spain is the first English language translation of the important history of Islamic Spain by Ibn al-Qutiyyah, one of the earliest and significant histories of Muslim Spain and an important source for scholars.

Muslim Spain and Portugal

2014-06-11 History

Author : Hugh Kennedy
Release : 2014-06-11
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 409/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Muslim Spain and Portugal written by Hugh Kennedy. This book was released on 2014-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Al-Andalus

1992 Art

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Release : 1992
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 363/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Al-Andalus written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 711 when they arrived on the Iberian Peninsula until 1492 when scholars contribute a wide-ranging series of essays and catalogue entries which are fully companion to the 373 illustrations (324 in color) of the spectacular art and architecture of the nearly vanished culture. 91/2x121/2 they were expelled by Ferdinand and Isabella, the Muslims were a powerful force in al-Andalus, as they called the Iberian lands they controlled. This awe-inspiring volume, which accompanies a major exhibition presented at the Alhambra in Granada and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is devoted to the little-known artistic legacy of Islamic Spain, revealing the value of these arts as part of an autonomous culture and also as a presence with deep significance for both Europe and the Islamic world. Twenty-four international Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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