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  • To Live Like a Moor

    Christian Perceptions of Muslim Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Spain

    by Olivia Remie Constable, David Nirenberg ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    What do clothing, bathing, or dining habits reveal about one's personal religious beliefs? Nothing, of course, unless such outward bodily concerns are perceived to hold some sort of spiritual significance. Such was the case in the multireligious world of medieval Spain, where the ways in which one dressed, washed, and fed the body were seen as potential indicators of religious affiliation. True ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • To Live Like a Moor

    Christian Perceptions of Muslim Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Spain

    by Olivia Remie Constable, David Nirenberg ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    What do clothing, bathing, or dining habits reveal about one's personal religious beliefs? Nothing, of course, unless such outward bodily concerns are perceived to hold some sort of spiritual significance. Such was the case in the multireligious world of medieval Spain, where the ways in which one dressed, washed, and fed the body were seen as potential indicators of religious affiliation. True ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • History as Prelude

    Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean

    by Olivia Remie Constable, Ahmad Dallal, Thomas F. Glick, Diana Lobel, Kathryn A. Miller, Raymond P. Scheindlin, Mark R. Cohen, Joseph V. Montville ...
    This collection of essays by seven highly respected scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in Spain and around the Mediterranean. History as Prelude is a major contribution to the Israeli-Arab peace process because it undermines-in fact, ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

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    A rich linguistic history of the Spanish language and its progress around the globe, from the authors of The Story of French , who "do an excellent job of transforming it into an accessible and lively narrative" ( Los Angeles Times ).Just how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world's second most spoken language, the official language of t... ... Read more

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  • Conquistadores

    A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest

    by Fernando Cervantes ...
    A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world“The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more impressive is the analytical skill Cervantes applies. . . . [He] conveys complex arguments in delightfully ... Read more

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  • El Cid

    The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary

    by Nora Berend ...
    Exploring the creation of the El Cid legend over the centuries, this masterful and evocative biography peels away the layers of myth to reveal the real-life historical figure.El Cid was perhaps the most famous warrior involved in the indiscriminate fighting—irrespective of religion—on the Iberian Peninsula during the eleventh century.In the centuries after his death, he was transformed into a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Lost Paradise

    The Story of Granada

    by Elizabeth Drayson ...
    The essential history of an iconic European city, by Cambridge academic Elizabeth Drayson.'An admirable achievement... [Drayson has] expertise as a scholar and command as a storyteller' BBC History Magazine'A glittering homage to one of the world's most beautiful and storied cities' Dan Jones'Beauty built on blood and brutality... A fascinating new tome' Daily MailFrom the early Middle Ages ... ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Wise King

    A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance

    by Simon R. Doubleday ...
    An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization"If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "Many faults in the universe would have been avoided." Known as El Sabio, "the Wise," Alfonso was renowned by friends and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Blood and Faith

    The Purging of Muslim Spain

    by Matthew Carr ...
    In April 1609, King Philip III of Spain signed an edict denouncing the Muslim inhabitants of Spain as heretics, traitors, and apostates. Later that year, the entire Muslim population of Spain was given three days to leave Spanish territory, on threat of death.In a brutal and traumatic exodus, entire families and communities were obliged to abandon homes and villages where they had lived for ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inquisition

    The Reign of Fear

    by Toby Green ...
    A journey across centuries of religious conflictToby Green's incredible new book brings a vast panorama to life by focusing on the untold stories of individuals from all walks of life and every section of society who were affected by the Inquisition. From witches in Mexico, bigamists in Brazil, Freemasons, Hindus, Jews, Moslems and Protestants, the Inquisition reached every aspect of society. This ... Read more

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  • Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain

    by Joseph F. O'Callaghan ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    Drawing from both Christian and Islamic sources, Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain demonstrates that the clash of arms between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula that began in the early eighth century was transformed into a crusade by the papacy during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Successive popes accorded to Christian warriors willing to participate in the peninsular ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • To the End of the Earth

    A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico

    by Stanley Hordes ...
    In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos who lit candles on Friday night and abstained from eating pork. Puzzling over the matter, Hordes realized that these practices might very well have been passed down through the centuries from early crypto-Jewish settlers in New Spain. After extensive research and hundreds of interviews, Hordes ... Read more

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