Islamic Spain, al-Andalus
20 Aug 2007 21:31
Romanticization in later periods, by both Muslims and westerners. By modern standards, the religious situation in al-Andalus was one of serious and systematic violation of basic human rights; which is not to say that it wasn't, for much of its history, the most tolerant part of Europe!
- Recommended:
- Richard Fletcher, Moorish Spain
- Marshall G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization
- To read:
- Roger Collins, The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710--797
- Olivia R. Constable, Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain: The Commercial Realignment of the Iberian Peninsula, 900--1500
- Mirabel Fierro and Julio Samso (eds.), The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 2: Language, Religion, Culture and the Sciences
- Thomas F. Glick, Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages: Comparative Perspectives on Social and Cultural Formation [On-line]
- L. P. Harvey
- Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500
- Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 [Blurb]
- Vivian B. Mann et al. (eds.), Convivencia: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Medieval Spain
- Maria Rosa Meoncal et al (eds.)< The Literature of al-Andalus
- Mark D. Meyerson, The Muslims of Valencia in the Age of Fernando and Isabel: Between Coexistence and Crusade [Online]
- Mary Elizabeth Perry, The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain [Blurb]
- Janina M. Safran, The Second Umayyad Caliphate: The Artiticulation of Caliphal Legitimacy in al-Andalus
