Far from a land of tolerance, Islamic Spain was marked by religious and therefore cultural repression in all areas of life, and by the marginalization of Christians and other groups-all this in the service of social control by autocratic rulers and a class of religious authorities. This supposed beacon of peaceful coexistence began, of course, with the Islamic Caliphate’s conquest of Spain. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise shines light on hidden features of this medieval culture by drawing on an abundance of primary sources that scholars have ignored, as well as archaeological evidence only recently unearthed. In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth.
Scholars, journalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain-“al-Andalus”-as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. CLICK HERE TO GET BOOK Book The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise Description/Summary:
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