Search results for ""Author Brian A. Catlos""
Reinos de fe una nueva historia de la España musulmana
En medio de un agresivo y politizado debate abierto sobre la historia de al-Ándalus, Reinos de fe supone una nueva manera de entender siete siglos de civilización islámica en la península. Ni el campo de un choque de civilizaciones, ni un idílico paraíso de la convivencia pacífica, al-Ándalus fue una construcción política y religiosa muy compleja que tuvo que buscar equilibrios entre facciones enfrentadas y muy a menudo estableciendo importantes lazos de conveniencia con los poderes cristianos. Este libro marca un hito en el análisis de un período de nuestra historia que algunos pretenden negar desde la ignorancia y la xenofobia y que nos aporta ejemplos muy interesantes para establecer unas bases de una mejor convivencia.
£37.50
Publicacions de la Universitat de València Worlds of history and economics essays in honour of Andrew M. Watson
£28.30
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Kingdoms of Faith : A New History of Islamic Spain
Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain either as a paradise of enlightened tolerance, or as the site where civilisations clashed. Award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos taps a wide array of original sources to paint a more complex picture, showing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews together built a sophisticated civilisation that transformed the Western world, even as they waged relentless war against each other and amongst themselves. Religion was often the language of conflict, but seldom its cause--a lesson we would do well to learn in our own time. Kingdoms of Faith rewrites Spain's Islamic past from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendour of al-Andalus and the many forces that shaped it.
£14.99
University of California Press Texts from the Middle: Documents from the Mediterranean World, 650–1650
Texts from the Middle is a companion primary source reader to the textbook The Sea in the Middle. It can be used alone or in conjunction with the textbook, providing an original history of the Middle Ages that places the Mediterranean at the geographical center of the study of the period from 650 to 1650. Building on the textbook’s unique approach, these sources center on the Mediterranean and emphasize the role played by peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe in an age when Christians, Muslims, and Jews of various denominations engaged with each other in both conflict and collaboration. The supplementary reader mirrors the main text’s fifteen-chapter structure, providing six sources per chapter. The two texts pair together to provide a framework and materials that guide students through this complex but essential history—one that will appeal to the diverse student bodies of today.
£27.00
University of California Press The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650–1650
The Sea in the Middle presents an original and revisionist narrative of the development of the medieval west from late antiquity to the dawn of modernity. This textbook is uniquely centered on the Mediterranean and emphasizes the role played by peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe in an age when Christians, Muslims, and Jews of various denominations engaged with each other in both conflict and collaboration. Key features: Fifteen-chapter structure to aid classroom use Sections in each chapter that feature key artifacts relevant to chapter themes Dynamic visuals, including 190 photos and 20 maps The Sea in the Middle and its sourcebook companion, Texts from the Middle, pair together to provide a framework and materials that guide students through this complex but essential history—one that will appeal to the diverse student bodies of today.
£37.80
