Instead, the concept of Moors has been used to describe alternatively the reign of Muslims in Spain, Europeans of African ...

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.

Tolerance and violence in medieval Spain Brian Catlos offers a nuanced corrective to the competing histories of Islamic rule.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Prof. Catlos’s book Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain (Basic Books: 2018) has just been signed by Kronik publishing in Istanbul, which will produce a Turkish translation in 2024. The ...

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 culture-such ...

From seventh-century Mecca to present-day Europe, Hossein Kamaly’s “A History of Islam in 21 Women” profiles believers who made a difference.

The Visigoth conquest kicks things off, followed by centuries of Islamic rule, reconquest and crusade, political and cultural advancement, a Civil War, and the Franco era.