Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain
Autor Brian A. Catlosen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 apr 2018
A
magisterial,
myth-dispelling
history
of
Islamic
Spain
spanning
the
millennium
between
the
founding
of
Islam
in
the
seventh
century
and
the
final
expulsion
of
Spain's
Muslims
in
the
seventeenth
InKingdoms
of
Faith,
award-winning
historian
Brian
A.
Catlos
rewrites
the
history
of
Islamic
Spain
from
the
ground
up,
evoking
the
cultural
splendor
of
al-Andalus,
while
offering
an
authoritative
new
interpretation
of
the
forces
that
shaped
it.
Prior
accounts
have
portrayed
Islamic
Spain
as
a
paradise
of
enlightened
tolerance
or
the
site
where
civilizations
clashed.
Catlos
taps
a
wide
array
of
primary
sources
to
paint
a
more
complex
portrait,
showing
how
Muslims,
Christians,
and
Jews
together
built
a
sophisticated
civilization
that
transformed
the
Western
world,
even
as
they
waged
relentless
war
against
each
other
and
their
coreligionists.
Religion
was
often
the
language
of
conflict,
but
seldom
its
cause--a
lesson
we
would
do
well
to
learn
in
our
own
time.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465055876
ISBN-10: 0465055877
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465055877
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Brian
A.
Catlosis
a
professor
of
religious
studies
at
the
University
of
Colorado
at
Boulder.
His
books
have
won
numerous
awards,
including
the
American
Historical
Association's
Premio
del
Rey
Award
and
John
E.
Fagg
Prize.
Catlos
lives
in
Boulder,
Colorado,
and
Barcelona,
Spain.
Recenzii
"A
brilliant
narrative
history
of
the
rise
and
fall
of
Muslim
Spain.
This
balanced,
lucid,
and
myth-breaking
account
sheds
light
on
a
unique
society
that
has
too
often
been
demonised,
romanticised
or
simplified."
—Matthew
Carr,
author
of
Blood
and
Faith:
The
Purging
of
Muslim
Spain,
1492-1614"Spirited,
probing
and
original,
this
is
a
key
history
of
Muslim
Spain.
Its
unique
perspective
illuminates
the
vexed
issue
of
religious,
political
and
cultural
interaction
between
Christians,
Jews
and
Muslims,
revealing
its
vital
importance
to
the
history
of
modern
Europe."
—Elizabeth
Drayson,
University
of
Cambridge,
author
of
The
Moor's
Last
Stand"Mediterranean studies have been shaped in an informative andinnovative way by Brian Catlos's contributions in the recent decades. Hisincursion now into the history of a specific region and polity--that ofal-Andalus (Medieval Iberia under Muslim rule)--brings to the fore the samequalities that characterize his previous work: an inquisitive and incisive mindthat homes in on perceptive questions, combined with the ability to recreatepast events in an appealing manner for a wide audience."—Maribel Fierro, research professor at the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean, CSIC (Madrid)
"Kingdoms of Faithconstitutes a fresh and originalcontribution to the history of al-Andalus, rooted in the author's profoundknowledge of medieval Iberian history. Brian Catlos has managed to produce avery well-written and lively narrative that provides an up-to-date synthesis ofthe most recent developments in this field of history."—Alejandro García Sanjuán, University of Huelva
"Brian Catlos'sKingdomsof Faithoffers an insightful and nuanced view of Islamic Spain from itsorigins in the eighth century to the poignant demise of Islamic presence, asexemplified by his brilliant reflection on Cervantes's fictional Moriscocharacter, Ricote. Based upon a masterly command of sources and the secondaryliterature, Catlos eschews the hyperbolic descriptions of Islam in Iberia andthe exaggerated claims of tolerance while, at the same time, showing its manyaccomplishments and enduring legacy. It is a brilliant, well-written, andwell-researched book that will force historians to see the Islamic presence inthe peninsula in a new light."—Teofilo F. Ruiz, distinguished professor of history, UCLA
"This is a lively andinteresting new account of medieval Spain and Portugal which steers away fromthe usual stereotypes and gives us a new, and much more nuanced, account ofrelations and interactions between the various communities and faith groups inthe peninsula."
—Hugh Kennedy, professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London and author of Caliphate: The History of an Idea
"InKingdoms of Faith, Brian A. Catlos takes us through the kaleidoscopicinterplay of Muslim-Christian relations, bringing clarity to a complex narrative.His deft analysis illuminates the forces brought to bear in creating both themyth and reality of life in 'Moorish' Spain."—Thomas F. Glick, professor of history, emeritus, Boston University
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A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain, from the founding of Islam to the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth century.
A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain, from the founding of Islam to the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth century.