The Ornament of the World : How Muslims, Jews and Christians created a culture of tolerance in Medieval Spain

Maria Rosa Menocal

This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of "al-Andalus, " the kingdom in medieval Spain where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literat...