The Legacy of Muslim Spain (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, 12)

Book info: The Legacy of Muslim Spain (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, 12) (Leather Bound, 1106 pages) – Brill, 1992. Language: English.

The civilisation of medieval Muslim Spain is perhaps the most brilliant and prosperous of its age and has been essential to the direction which civilisation in medieval Europe took. This volume is the first ever in any language to deal in a really comprehensive manner with all major aspects of Islamic civilisation in medieval Spain. Contributors History: James Dickie, Robert Hillenbrand, Rafael Valencia, Mikel de Epalza, Margarita López Gómez, L.P. Harvey, Raymond P. Scheindlin, Madeleine Fletcher, Aziz Al-Azmeh, Abbas Hamdani, Pierre Cachia, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, James T. Monroe, Lois A. Giffen, F. Corriente, Dieter Messner, Roger Boase, María Rosa Menocal, and Luce López-Baralt. Music: Owen Wright. Art and Architecture: Oleg Grabar, Jerrillynn Dodds, James Dickie, J.C. Bürgel, A. Fernández-Puertas, Pierre Guichard, María J. Viguera, and David Waines. Economic History: Pedro Chalmeta, Olivia Remie Constable. Philosophy: Miguel Cruz Hernández, Jamāl al-Din al-‘Alawī, and J.C. Bürgel. Religious Studies: Dominique Urvoy, Manuela Marín, María Isabel Fierro, and Claude Addas. Science, Technology and Agriculture: J. Vernet, Julio Samsó, Thomas F. Glick, Expiración García Sánchez, Lucie Bolens, James Dickie, and Charles Burnett. Islamic Civilisation in al-Andalus: Margarita López Gómez. Editorial Reviews Review "This magnificent volume is surely the most comprehensive of all histories of Islamic Spain...Highly recommended." - J.P. Berkey, in: Choice, 1993
"... major resource in this field for decades to come." - Roger Allen
"...monumental collected work...splendid and invaluable volume…" - Richard W. Bulliet, in: Jrnl of Isl. St., 1994
"...this work should be praised as an impressive and valuable publication...this obviously indispensable compendium recommended to experts and to everyone interested in the legacy o Muslim Spain." - Maher Jarrar, in: Al-Qantara, 1994
"...presents a wide panorama of life in al-Andalus... It provides the variety of information proper to an encyclopedia... It is a book that each private and public library must own... It combines a high level of scholarship and a wide range of subjects that bring this period of Arab-Islamic history of life…" - Aida A. Bamia, in: International Journal of Middle-Eastern Studies, 1994
"This is a significant and scholarly work that is likely to remain of value for some considerable time." - in: British Bull. Publ. on Lat.Am., Carribbean, Portugal & Spain, 1995
"The Legacy of Muslim Spain is a treasure that all those interested in the development of Iberian peninsula in the Middle Ages can consult with profit...This is an excellent resource for all who wish to learn more about Islamic Spain and its influence on medieval Christendom." - Joseph O'Callaghan, in: Renaissance Quarterly, 1997
"The 500th anniversary of the end of Islamic rule in al-Andalus has been commemorated in various ways. The present work...is not only a most fitting, but also a lasting contribution and memorial to that commemoration." - S.V. Sicard, in: Islam and Christian Muslim Relations