In the light of medieval Spain Islam, the West, and the relevance of the past /

• Other Authors: Doubleday, Simon R., Coleman, David, 1967-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
• Subjects: 711 - 1516; HISTORY.; Civilization.; Civilization > Islamic influences.; Civilization > Jewish influences.; Spain > History > 711-1516.; Spain > Civilization > 711-1516.; Spain > Civilization > Islamic influences.; Spain > Civilization > Jewish influences.; Spain.; Electronic books.; History.
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This volume brings together a team of leading scholars in Spanish studies to interrogate the contemporary significance of the medieval past, offering a counterbalance to intellectual withdrawal from urgent public debates.

Table of Contents:

• Juan de Segovia and the lessons of history / Anne Marie Wolf
• Reading Don Quijote in a time of war / Leyla Rouhi
• Memory and mutilation : the case of the Moriscos / Mary Elizabeth Perry
• Expulsion from paradise : exiled intellectuals and Andalusian tolerance / Denise K. Filios
• Contemporary Moroccan immigration and its ghosts / Daniela Flesler
• Spain's new Muslims : a historical romance / Lisa Abend
• The persistence of the past in the Albaicín : Granada's new mosque and the question of historical relevance / David Coleman
• Postscript : futures of Al-Andalus / Gil Anidjar.