Jews, Visigoths and Muslims in Medieval Spain
Biographical note
Norman Roth, Ph.D. (Cornell, 1978), professor of Jewish history and medieval Hebrew literature and philosophy, University of Wisconsin (Madison). Author of many articles and books, including Maimonides. Essays and Texts (1985).
Readership
Scholars and students of Muslims and Jews, medieval Spain; general Jewish readership; specialized institutes, academic and public libraries; general readership in Spain.
Reviews
'The strength of the book lies in its fluent use of primary sources, demonstrating how judicious use of Hebrew Sources can sometimes enhance scant information contained in Arabic texts. The cultural and literary sections...strike this reviewer as the most valuable parts of this deeply learned and densely written tome.'
S.D. Benin, Social and Behavioral Sceinces, 1995.
S.D. Benin, Social and Behavioral Sceinces, 1995.
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The sources, content and fate of the 15th century allegorical fable Visión Deleytable are examined from three angles: as medieval compendium of religious philosophy, as major influence in Spanish literature, and as invaluable historical source on Jewish-Christian interactions in medieval Spain.
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Ian Macpherson and Angus MacKay have collaborated on many occasions, and the sixteen articles brought together in this volume provide insights into the complex relationships between real life and imaginative writing in this turbulent period of Spanish history.
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This study provides new fascinating testimonies about the development of a new image of Islam in Southern Europe in the fifteenth century and an approach to ways of acculturation in a mixed society.
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This study of Andalusian strophic poetry and their Kharjas provides an updated survey of the debates on this topic. The texts are studies historically, prosodically, thematically and stylistically and they are related to other literary traditions of the Middle Ages.
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This book throws the weight of historical expertise into an analysis of a crucial and yet often-neglected period of Spanish history, the breakup of the Muslim Caliphate of Córdoba in the early eleventh century.
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This work is a study of Islam in medieval Christian Spain, focussing on the Mudejar religious authority Yça Gidelli (fl. 1450) and his Islamic writings in Spanish. On the basis of published and unpublished sources in Spanish and Arabic, it sheds new light on the religious history of the Muslim ...
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This work deals extensively with the Arabic themes and literary devices used by Hebrew Andalusian poets in 11th century Muslim (and Christian) Spain.
Special interest is devoted to the four main poets of the Hebrew Golden Age in Spain, namely Samuel Ha-Nagid, Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra ...
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