Descript |
320 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
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. |
ISBN |
9780195311914 |
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0195311914 |
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