Crusades on the Water: A New (Integrated) View
Crusades on the Water: A New (Integrated) View By Dana Cushing Paper given at the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies (2011) Introduction: My…
Jews and Christians in Almoravid Seville as Portrayed by the Islamic Jurist Ibn ʿAbdūn
Jews and Christians in Almoravid Seville as Portrayed by the Islamic Jurist Ibn ʿAbdūn By Alejandro García-Sanjuán Medieval Encounters, Vol. 14 (2008) Abstract:…
Whom did al-Ghazal meet? An Exchange of Embassies Between the Arabs From al-Andalus and the Vikings
Whom did al-Ghazal meet? An Exchange of Embassies Between the Arabs From al-Andalus and the Vikings Pons-Sanchez, Sara M. Saga Book, Vol.28 (2004) Abstract…
Out of Many, One?: the voice(s) in the crusade ideology of Las Navas de Tolosa
Out of Many, One?: the voice(s) in the crusade ideology of Las Navas de Tolosa By Edward Lawrence Holt Honor’s Thesis, Duke University,…
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MUSLIM AND JEWISH WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA: THE POETESS QASMUNA BAT ISMA`IL
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MUSLIM AND JEWISH WOMEN IN MEDIEVALIBERIAN PENINSULA: THE POETESS QASMUNA BAT ISMA`IL Planteamientos metodológicos en el estudio de las…
The Bride Unveiled: Influences on and Interpretations of the Alhambra
The Bride Unveiled: Influences on and Interpretations of the Alhambra By Iram Ahmad Published online by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (2008) Introduction: Few…
A social analysis of irrigation in Al-Andalus: Nazari Granada (13th-15th centuries)
A social analysis of irrigation in Al-Andalus: Nazari Granada (13th-15th centuries) By Carmen Trillo San Jose Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 31 (2005) Abstract:…
A Forgotten Crusade: Alfonso VII of Leon-Castile and the Campaign for Jaen (1148)
A Forgotten Crusade: Alfonso VII of Leon-Castile and the Campaign for Jaen (1148) By Simon Barton Historical Research, Vol.73, No.182 (2000) Abstract: Between…
Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba
Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba By Pablita Santos BA Thesis, Williams College, 2007 Contents Introduction Chapter…
Biblical and Koranic Quotations in Hebrew and Arabic Andalusian Poetry
Biblical and Koranic Quotations in Hebrew and Arabic Andalusian Poetry By Arie Schippers Ever and ‘Arav, Contacts between Arabic Literature and Jewish Literature in…
Islamic Castles In Iberia
Islamic Castles In Iberia By Peter Burton The Castle Studies Group Journal, No 21 (2007-8) Introduction: When the invading Muslim army arrived in…
The relations of King Sancho VII of Navarre with the Almohads
The relations of King Sancho VII of Navarre with the Almohads By Nevill Barbour Revue de l’Occident musulman, Vol. 4 (1967) Introduction: The…
The Almohads: The Rise of an Islamic Empire
The Almohads: The Rise of an Islamic Empire By Allen J. Fromherz IB Tauris, 2010 ISBN: 9781845116514 How did an obscure Islamic visionary…
Medieval Projects earn grants from NEH
Two medieval projects have been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). One project will develop an interactive jousting computer…
Tolerance’s End: Religious Minorities, Philosophers, Free-Thinkers and the Rise of Fundamentalism in 12th and 13th Century Islamic Spain
Tolerance’s End: Religious Minorities, Philosophers, Free-Thinkers and the Rise of Fundamentalism in 12th and 13th Century Islamic Spain Lecture by Lourdes Maria Alvarez,…
The Water Palace : Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
The city of Granada in southern Spain is where the 800-year-long Muslim occupation of the Iberian peninsula finally ended. Palace construction started during…
Multicultural City: The Historic Centre of Cordoba
Cordoba lies in Andalusia, in southern Spain. It is a city rich in history, and dates back to Roman times. There is a…
Muslims, Jews and Christians in medieval Muslim Seville: (711-1248 CE) : perceiving artistic expressions as signs of acculturation
Muslims, Jews and Christians in medieval Muslim Seville: (711-1248 CE) : perceiving artistic expressions as signs of acculturation By Laura E. Vaughan Bachelors…
How to End a Crusade: Techniques for Making Peace in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia
How to End a Crusade: Techniques for Making Peace in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia By Robert I. Burns Military Affairs, Vol.35 (1971)…
Viking raids on the Spanish Peninsula
The Muslims described «heathens» as Majus. The name Majus – Magians was originally used of the Zoroastrians. It was then extended to other unbelievers, together with the associations of the term — e. g. incest and fire-worship.
The Christian Companion: A rhetorical trope in the narration of intra-Muslim conflict during the Almohad epoch
“The Christian Companion”: A rhetorical trope in the narration of intra-Muslim conflict during the Almohad epoch By Linda G. Jones Anuario de Estudios Medievales,…
An Intercultural Dialogue between the Muslim Taifa of Denia and the Christian County of Barcelona in the Eleventh Century
An Intercultural Dialogue between the Muslim Taifa of Denia and the Christian County of Barcelona in the Eleventh Century By Travis Bruce Medieval…
Islamic archaeology in the Iberian peninsula and Morocco
Islamic archaeology in the Iberian peninsula and Morocco By Johnny De Meulemeester Antiquity, Vol.79:306 (2005) Abstract: The author reviews the development of Islamic archaeology in…
Early Islamic Spain: The History of Ibn al-Qutiyah
Early Islamic Spain: The History of Ibn al-Qutiyah By David James Routledge, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-415-47552-5 This book is the first published English-language translation…
The ‘Convivencia’ of Jews and Muslims in the High Middle Ages
The ‘Convivencia’ of Jews and Muslims in the High Middle Ages By Mark R. Cohen Paper given at Children of Abraham: Trialogue of Civilizations (2007)…
