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28%OFFJerrilyn D. Dodds, María Rosa Menocal, Abigail Krasner Balbale - The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture - 9780300142143 - 9780300142143
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The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture

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Description for The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture paperback. Chronicles the tumultuous history of Castile in the wake of the Christian capture of the Islamic city of Tulaytula, now Toledo, in the eleventh century and traces the development of Castilian culture as it was forged in the intimacy of Christians with the Muslims and Jews they had overcome. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 colour images & 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1106.
A dynamic vision of medieval Castilian culture and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin strands that are woven into its fabric

Named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement, this lavishly illustrated work explores the vibrant interaction among different and sometimes opposing cultures, and how their contacts with one another transformed them all. It chronicles the tumultuous history of Castile in the wake of the Christian capture of the Islamic city of Tulaytula, now Toledo, in the eleventh century and traces the development of Castilian culture as it was forged in the new intimacy of Christians with the Muslims and Jews ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
YALE UNIV PR
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300142143
SKU
9780300142143
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About Jerrilyn D. Dodds, María Rosa Menocal, Abigail Krasner Balbale
Jerrilynn D. Dodds is distinguished professor and senior faculty advisor to the provost for undergraduate education, City College of New York. She lives in New York City. María Rosa Menocal is director, Whitney Humanities Center, and Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. Her previous book, The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of ... Read more

Reviews for The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture
"The compelling story of the complex entangling of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish history, culture, literature and art in medieval Iberia has been told many times before…But it has never been told like this . . . A rich tapestry of a book that brings to vivid life the dialectic of acculturation and assimilation in which medieval Spain’s three religious groups ... Read more

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