Convivencia and Reconquista: Freedom and Responsibility in Medieval Spain
ABSTRACT
This conference reviewed the history of Islamic Iberia (al-Andalus) with particular emphasis on the complex state of intercommunal relations and their effects on individual freedom.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Constable, Olivia Remie, eds. Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.
Collins, Roger. Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031. Chichester, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Griffith, Sidney. Church in the Shadow of the Mosque. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010.
Harvey, L. P., “The Mudejars” In The Legacy of Muslim Spain, edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi, 176-186. Leiden: Brill, 1994.
Hillenbrand, Robert, “Medieval Cordoba as a Cultural Centre” In The Legacy of Muslim Spain, edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi, 112-128. Leiden: Brill, 1994.
Makki, Mahmoud, “The Political History of al-Andalus” In The Legacy of Muslim Spain, edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi, 3-35. Leiden: Brill, 1994.
Menocal, Maria Rosa. The Ornament of the World. Boston: Back Bay Books, 2002.
Nirenberg, David. Communities of Violence. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
O’Callaghan, Joseph F. Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain. Philadephia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.
Scheindlin, Raymond, “The Jews in Muslim Spain” In The Legacy of Muslim Spain, edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi, 188-200. Leiden: Brill, 1994.