The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain Audiobook, by María Rosa Menocal Play Audiobook Sample

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain Audiobook

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain Audiobook, by María Rosa Menocal Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Tanya Eby Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2017 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781541477025

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

26

Longest Chapter Length:

38:02 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

03:55 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

22:45 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literature, science, and the arts flourished.

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A resonant and timely case study . . . [an] unusually graceful study, a sturdy and eminently readable exploration of the 'unknown depths of cultural tolerance and symbiosis in our heritage' that may help revise our view of the Middle Ages.

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About María Rosa Menocal

Maria Rosa Menocal (1953-2012) was a Cuban-born scholar of medieval culture and history and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. Menocal earned a BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.

About Tanya Eby

Tanya Eby is a novelist and an audiobook narrator who has earned several AudioFile Earphones Awards and been nominated for the Audie Award. She has a BA degree in English language and literature and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine.