The ornament of the world a reading group guide hachette book. Maria rosa menocal 1953 october 15, 2012 was a cubanborn scholar of medieval culture and history and sterling professor of humanities at yale university. A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval spain explores the golden age when muslims, jews, and christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance. The ornament of the world maria rosa menocal download. The ornament of the world by menocal, maria rosa ebook. The ornament of the world how muslims, jews, and christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval spain by maria rosa menocal. Read the paper, a precursor to the ornament of the world, that menocal presented at a yale law school seminar in 2000.
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