RT Book
T1 The myth of the Andalusian paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic rule in medieval Spain
A1 Fernández-Morera, Darío
LA English
PP Wilmington, Delaware
PB ISI Books
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/816664978
AB Klappentext: "Scholars, journalists, and even politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain--'al-Andalus'--as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth. In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Dario Fernandez-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise shines light on hidden history by drawing on an abundance of primary sources that scholars have ignored, as well as archaeological evidence only recently unearthed. This supposed beacon of peaceful coexistence began, of course, with the Islamic Caliphate's conquest of Spain. Far from a land of religious tolerance, Islamic Spain was marked by religious and therefore cultural repression in all areas of life and the marginalization of Christians and other groups--all this in the service of social control by autocratic rulers and a class of religious authorities. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise provides a desperately needed reassessment of medieval Spain. As professors, politicians, and pundits continue to celebrate Islamic Spain for its 'multiculturalism' and 'diversity,' Fernandez-Morera sets the historical record straight--showing that a politically useful myth is a myth nonetheless"--
NO Bibliogr. S. 337 - 348
NO Hier auch später erschienene unveränderte Nachdrucke
CN DP302.A5
SN 9781610170956
K1 Islam and politics : Spain : History
K1 Muslims : Spain : Andalusia : History
K1 Christians : Spain : Andalusia : History
K1 Jews : Spain : Andalusia : History
K1 Religious Tolerance : Spain : Andalusia : History
K1 Social Control : Spain : Andalusia : History
K1 Myth : Political aspects : Spain : History
K1 Andalusia (Spain) : Politics and government
K1 Andalusia (Spain) : Ethnic relations : History
K1 Spain : History : 711-1516