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Book SynopsisThe 12 articles of this volume show the many facets of contact in al-Andalus and Medieval Iberia, reminding us of how contact influenced art and learning in a wide range of fields: politics, science, philosophy, music and religion; offering views of how contact between societies affects both language, stereotype and assimilation; examining how war and conflict (re)define the representation of ideas, places and people; and demonstrating how representations changed over time through contact and conflict. Lessons of the past apply today as al-Andalus captures the modern imagination and cultures continue to come into contact across borders which either allow fluid diffusion of ideas or block passage.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ivy A. Corfis, “Three Cultures, One World” I. Contact through Art and Learning Bernard R. Goldstein, “Astronomy as a ‘Neutral Zone’: Interreligious Cooperation in Medieval Spain” Maribel Fierro, “Alfonso X ‘The Wise’: The Last Almohad Caliph?” Harvey J. Hames, “It Takes Three to Tango: Ramon Llull, Solomon Ibn Adret and Alfonso of Valladolid Debate the Trinity” Richard C. Taylor, “Ibn Rushd / Averroes and ‘Islamic’ Rationalism” Dwight F. Reynolds, “Music in Medieval Iberia: Contact, Influence and Hybridization” II. Contact through Society Francisco J. Hernandez, “The Origins of Romance Script in Castile and the Jews: A New Paradigm” Ross Brann, “The Moors” María Jesús Fuente, “Christian, Muslim and Jewish Women in Late Medieval Iberia” III. Contact through Conflict Russell Hopley, “The Ransoming of Prisoners in Medieval North Africa and Andalusia: An Analysis of the Legal Framework” Justin Stearns, “Representing and Remembering al-Andalus: Some Historical Considerations Regarding the End of Time and the Making of Nostalgia” Denise K. Filios, “Legends of the Fall: Conde Julián in Medieval Arabic and Hispano-Latin Historiography” Danya Crities, “Churches Made Fit for a King: Alfonso X and Meaning in the Religious Architecture of Post-Conquest Seville”
