{"product_id":"9781610170956","title":"The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews Under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA finalist for \u003c\/i\u003eWorld\u003ci\u003e Magazine’s Book of the Year!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Essential reading.” \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAntonio Carreño\u003c\/b\u003e, Brown University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e watershed in scholarship.” \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRaphael Israeli\u003c\/b\u003e, Hebrew University of Jerusalem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Desperately, desperately needed as a counter to the mythology that pervades academia on this subject.” \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePaul F. Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e, California University of Pennsylvania \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“An intelligent reinterpretation of a supposed paradise of \u003c\/i\u003econvivencia\u003ci\u003e.” \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJulia Pavón Benito\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Navarra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A splendid book . . . Must-reading.” \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eNoël Valis\u003c\/b\u003e, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I am in awe of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Myth of the Andalusian Paradise\u003ci\u003e.” \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontPage Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A bracing remedy to a good deal of the academic pabulum that passes for scholarship.”\u003c\/i\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiddle East Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“An exhilarating and unput-downable read.”\u003c\/i\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStandpoint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars, journalists, and even politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—“al-Andalus”—as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is only one problem with this widely accepted account: \u003ci\u003eit is a myth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the \u003ci\u003efull\u003c\/i\u003e story of Islamic Spain. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Myth of the Andalusian Paradise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e shines light on hidden history by drawing on an abundance of primary sources that scholars have ignored, as well as archaeological evidence only recently unearthed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis supposed beacon of peaceful coexistence began, of course, with the Islamic Caliphate’s conquest of Spain. Far from a land of religious tolerance, Islamic Spain was marked by religious and therefore cultural repression in all areas of life and the marginalization of Christians and other groups—all this in the service of social control by autocratic rulers and a class of religious authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Myth of the Andalusian Paradise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e provides a desperately needed reassessment of medieval Spain. As professors, politicians, and pundits continue to celebrate Islamic Spain for its “multiculturalism” and “diversity,” Fernández-Morera sets the historical record straight—showing that a politically useful myth is a myth nonetheless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ISI Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049402122480,"sku":"9781610170956","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781610170956_p0.jpg?v=1763839059","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781610170956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}