{"product_id":"9781770863972","title":"From Tolerance to Tyranny: A Cautionary Tale from Fifteenth-Century Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne thousand years ago, a civilization existed in Spain that was famed throughout Europe. To the horror of the Christian rulers to the north, Jews, Christians, and Moors lived together in harmony — and in doing so they created one of the most extraordinary societies the West has ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the span a few hundred years, however, Spain would transform itself from a pluralistic, multicultural society to the least tolerant nation in Europe. By the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition had established a reign of terror, and the Jews were expelled from the land they had inhabited for 1,500 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually the Moors, or Arabs, were banned as well. The tragic configuration of events that turned a culture of tolerance into an autocratic police state was effectively repeated centuries later in Nazi Germany, in Occupied France, and even in places closer to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Tolerance to Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping tale of a long-ago era whose familiar echoes continue to resound today. Paris tackles the subject of majority-minority relations in mixed societies, focusing on the humanity of the players even as she exposes the pitfalls of their ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cormorant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061534343408,"sku":"9781770863972","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770863972_p0.jpg?v=1763707065","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770863972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}