Little, Brown The Ornament Of The World

Very well written summarised and balanced

Leitura deliciosa. Muito conhecimento transmitido pela autora, importantes fatos sobre um lugar e uma época de ouro na história da Europa.

This is one of the explorations of Medieval Spain everyone should read. Brilliant analysis by Menocal that describes how Moslems, Jews and Christians not only lived together but also shared Arabic as a courtly language.

I read The Ornament of the World during a recent journey through al-Andalus and Morocco and it became an inspiring guidebook, whose stories manage to tie together so many threads of the region's cultural past. It is also a welcome challenge to the prevailing prejudices of the Christian version of history which we in the west are so familiar with.

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An excellent book. I loved the detail and the sense of different communities growing together during this long ago time.