The Ornament Of The World

ISBN-13: 9780316168717 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str.

Maria Rosa Menocal

Opis

Dispelling the myths that the Middle Ages were rife with religious persecution and intellectual stagnation, this glimpse into the world of medieval Spain reveals a culture where literature, science and tolerance thrived for 500 years.

O autorze

Maria Rosa Menocal is R Selden Rose Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University and is Director of Yale's Whitney Humanities Center. Foreward by Harold Bloom.