Spain is and will be forever the land of Christian people’. These are not, as you might think, the words of a marauding ...

Exploring the long history of this faith ― from the eighth-century Umayyad dynasty to Erdoğan’s Turkey, from Islamic Spain to modern-day Pakistan ― Matthee unearths a tradition of diversity and ...

Negar Rokhgar This course addresses the history and methodology of Islamic art and architecture from approximately 600 to 1800. The chronology will be examined through the themes that distinguish this ...

Professor Bloom teaches courses on the history of Islamic art and architecture. He also offers undergraduate seminars on such subjects as the arts of medieval Spain and the history of Cairo. His ...

In his April 13 talk, Catlos will look at Christian-Muslim-Jewish cultural relations in Medieval Spain—discussing the impact they had on European culture and debunking popular myths. Although the talk ...

Professor Brian Catlos’s latest book, Kingdoms of Faith. A New History of Islamic Spain was featured in The New Yorker’s “Brief Notices” (23 May issue). From The New Yorker Kingdoms of Faith, by Brian ...

Potent yet palatable, this history of Spain is remarkably seamless--especially considering that it traces the development of a fractious society and that it is the creation of nine collaborating ...

The English writer Saki once described an unhappy land that produced more history than it could consume locally. He might well have been speaking of medieval Spain, which regularly features in ...

Muslim Rule and the Golden Age of Spain In 711 C.E., Muslim soldiers known as Moors crossed over from North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula.

Spain: A Unique History Stanley G. Payne, Univ. of Wisconsin, $26.95 (298p) ISBN 978-0-299-25024-9 ...