Hi Philtration and fellow Coug. It's an older book and probably only found deep in the bowels of Holland Library but, The History of Spain, by Louis Bertrand and Sir Charles Petrie, treats Musulman Spain in great detail. I agree with Tincatinker...
The Great Courses Company has very good courses on Spanish history. There is one which is a little more directly pertinent. It is "The Other 1492" by Teofilo Ruiz. It is a 12 lecture course covering the origins, conduct and consequences of the...
A Vanished World by Chris Lowney
Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving (1857 edition)
A Brief History of Spain by Jeremy Black
Granada, A Pomegranate in the Hand of God by Steven Nightingale
Buen Camino
I thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend “The Ornament of the World” by Maria Rosa Menocal. The subtitle is “How Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain.” The book covers broad politics of the era, but the...
I like Maria Rosa Menocal's Ornament of the World. She provides an interesting and beautiful background how Muslims came to Spain, how the caliphates developed southern Spain (al-Andalus / Andalusia) with the introduction of innovations in arts...
After visiting Granada last spring, I'm trying to learn more about the Arabic occupation of Spain and the Reconquista. I've had little luck finding books on the subjects. If you know of any I'd appreciate hearing of them.
Thanks!
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