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- catalog abstract "The Middle Ages in Spain - the period from the Muslim Conquest in 711 to the expulsion of the Jews and the defeat of the last Muslim ruler in 1492 - witnessed an extraordinary "Golden Age" through the intermingling of its Jewish, Muslim, and Christian inhabitants. This volume explores the nature of their coexistence (termed convivencia by Spanish historians), which embraced not only ideological interchange and cultural influence, but also mutual friction, rivalry, and. Suspicion. The cultural and social dynamics underlying convivencia powerfully influenced the creation of poetry, art, architecture, and the material culture of Spain, as well as the transmission and absorption of scientific ideas and technology from East to West. Explored by leading scholars in each of these fields, the cultural treasures of convivencia range from Hebrew biblical manuscripts illuminated with Islamic stylistic motifs, to astrolabes with Latin. Inscriptions, to the first examples of secular Hebrew poetry. More than one hundred of these objects are united for the first time in an exhibition at The Jewish Museum, New York. At a time when the study of cultural fusion is receiving increasing attention, this volume offers a fresh and comprehensive view of Spain's pluralistic medieval society. Moreover, it celebrates an inspiring history of cultural achievement in the context of intergroup relations that were both. Negative and positive.".
- catalog contributor b3890637.
- catalog contributor b3890638.
- catalog contributor b3890639.
- catalog contributor b3890640.
- catalog coverage "Spain Civilization 711-1516.".
- catalog coverage "Spain Civilization Jewish influences.".
- catalog coverage "Spain Ethnic relations.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Convivencia: An introductory note / Thomas F. Glick -- Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval Iberia: Convivencia through the eyes of Sephardic Jews / Benjamin R. Gampel -- Hebrew Poetry in medieval Iberia / Raymond P. Scheindlin -- Social perception and literary portrayal: Jews and Muslims in medieval Spanish literature / Dwayne E. Carpenter -- Science in medieval Spain: the Jewish contribution in the context of Convivencia / Glick -- Mudejar tradition and the synagogues of medieval Spain: cultural identity and cultural hegemony / Jerrilynn D. Dodds -- Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from the Iberian Peninsula / Gabrielle Sed-Rajna -- Material culture in medieval Spain / Juan Zozaya.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259).".
- catalog description "Inscriptions, to the first examples of secular Hebrew poetry. More than one hundred of these objects are united for the first time in an exhibition at The Jewish Museum, New York. At a time when the study of cultural fusion is receiving increasing attention, this volume offers a fresh and comprehensive view of Spain's pluralistic medieval society. Moreover, it celebrates an inspiring history of cultural achievement in the context of intergroup relations that were both.".
- catalog description "Negative and positive.".
- catalog description "Suspicion. The cultural and social dynamics underlying convivencia powerfully influenced the creation of poetry, art, architecture, and the material culture of Spain, as well as the transmission and absorption of scientific ideas and technology from East to West. Explored by leading scholars in each of these fields, the cultural treasures of convivencia range from Hebrew biblical manuscripts illuminated with Islamic stylistic motifs, to astrolabes with Latin.".
- catalog description "The Middle Ages in Spain - the period from the Muslim Conquest in 711 to the expulsion of the Jews and the defeat of the last Muslim ruler in 1492 - witnessed an extraordinary "Golden Age" through the intermingling of its Jewish, Muslim, and Christian inhabitants. This volume explores the nature of their coexistence (termed convivencia by Spanish historians), which embraced not only ideological interchange and cultural influence, but also mutual friction, rivalry, and.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 263 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Convivencia.".
- catalog identifier "0807612839 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0807612863 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Convivencia.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : G. Braziller in association with the Jewish Museum,".
- catalog relation "Convivencia.".
- catalog spatial "Spain Civilization 711-1516.".
- catalog spatial "Spain Civilization Jewish influences.".
- catalog spatial "Spain Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Spain".
- catalog spatial "Spain.".
- catalog subject "946/.004924 20".
- catalog subject "DS135.S7 C585 1992".
- catalog subject "Jewish art Spain.".
- catalog subject "Jews Spain Civilization.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Convivencia: An introductory note / Thomas F. Glick -- Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval Iberia: Convivencia through the eyes of Sephardic Jews / Benjamin R. Gampel -- Hebrew Poetry in medieval Iberia / Raymond P. Scheindlin -- Social perception and literary portrayal: Jews and Muslims in medieval Spanish literature / Dwayne E. Carpenter -- Science in medieval Spain: the Jewish contribution in the context of Convivencia / Glick -- Mudejar tradition and the synagogues of medieval Spain: cultural identity and cultural hegemony / Jerrilynn D. Dodds -- Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from the Iberian Peninsula / Gabrielle Sed-Rajna -- Material culture in medieval Spain / Juan Zozaya.".
- catalog title "Convivencia : Jews, Muslims, and Christians in medieval Spain / edited by Vivian B. Mann, Thomas F. Glick, Jerrilynn D. Dodds.".
- catalog type "text".