A vanished world : Muslims, Christians, and Jews in medieval Spain by Lowney, Chris instant download

A vanished world : Muslims, Christians, and Jews in medieval Spain by Lowney, Chris instant download

320 pages : 24 cm, In a world troubled by religious strife and division, Lowney's book takes us back to a medieval Iberia that prefigured the Renaissance, offering a hopeful historical reminder: Muslims, Christians, and Jews once lived together in Spain, creating a centuries-long flowering of commerce, culture, art, and architecture. In 711, a ragtag army of Muslim North Africans conquered Spain and launched Western Europe's first (and to date only) Islamic state. In 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella vanquished Spain's last Muslim kingdom, and forced Jews to convert or emigrate. In the years between, Spain's Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a golden age and distanced Spain from a Europe mired in the Dark Ages. Medieval Spain's pioneering innovations touched every dimension of Western life.--From publisher description, Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-305) and index, Spain before Islam -- The Moors conquer Spain -- Santiago discovered in the field of stars -- Martyr-activists -- The pope who learned math from Muslim Spain -- Europe's busiest highway -- A Jewish general in a Muslim kingdom -- The frontier -- Charlemagne -- El Cid -- The second Moses and medieval medicine -- Rethinking religion -- A Muslim commentator enlightens Christendom -- Sufism -- The kabbalah -- Fernando III -- A common life shared among three faiths -- Alfonso the learned king -- The end of Spanish Judaism -- Columbus, a new world, and the end of history