The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise Muslims Christians and Jews Under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise : Muslims, Christians, and Jews Under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
ISBN: 9781610170956
Publication Date: 22 February 2016

A finalist for World Magazine&;;s Book of the Year!

&;;Essential reading.&;; &;;Antonio Carreo, Brown University &;;Awatershed in scholarship.&;; &;;Raphael Israeli, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

&;;Desperately, desperately needed as a counter to the mythology that pervades academia on this subject.&;; &;;Paul F. Crawford, California University of Pennsylvania

&;;An intelligent reinterpretation of a supposed paradise of convivencia*.&;;* &;;Julia Pavn Benito, University of Navarra

&;;A splendid book . . . Must-reading.&;; &;;Nol Valis, Yale University

&;;I am in awe of The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise*.&;;* &;;FrontPage Magazine

&;;A bracing remedy to a good deal of the academic pabulum that passes for scholarship.&;; &;;Middle East Quarterly

&;;An exhilarating and unput-downable read.&;; &;;Standpoint

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 Daro Fernndez-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 archaeolog...