The Ornament Of The World - Couverture souple

Menocal, Maria Rosa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0316168718 ISBN 13 : 9780316168717

Editeur : Little, Brown US, 2003

Synopsis

This classic bestseller - the inspiration for the PBS series - is an "illuminating and even inspiring" portrait of medieval Spain that explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance (Los Angeles Times).

This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where for more than seven centuries Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and where literature, science, and the arts flourished.

"It is no exaggeration to say that what we presumptuously call 'Western' culture is owed in large measure to the Andalusian enlightenment...This book partly restores a world we have lost." -Christopher Hitchens, The Nation

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maria Rosa Menocal is R Selden Rose Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University and is Director of Yale's Whitney Humanities Center. Foreward by Harold Bloom.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A rich and thriving culture where literature, science and religious tolerance flourished for 700 years is the subject of this enthralling history of medieval Spain.

Living side by side in the Andalusian kingdoms, the 'peoples of the book' produced statesmen, poets and philosophers who influenced the rest of Europe in dramatic ways, giving it the first translations of Plato and Aristotle, love songs and secular poetry plus remarkable feats of architecture and technology. This evocative account explores the lost history whose legacy and lessons have a powerful resonance in today's world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown US
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0316168718
• ISBN 13: 9780316168717
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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