Legacy of Muslim Spain

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 Lopez Gomez, 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, Maria Rosa Menocal, and Luce Lopez-Baralt. Music: Owen Wright. Art and Architecture: Oleg Grabar, Jerrillynn Dodds, James Dickie, J.C. Burgel, A. Fernandez-Puertas, Pierre Guichard, Maria J. Viguera, and David Waines. Economic History: Pedro Chalmeta, Olivia Remie Constable. Philosophy: Miguel Cruz Hernandez, Jamal al-Din al-'Alawi, and J.C. Burgel. Religious Studies: Dominique Urvoy, Manuela Marin, Maria Isabel Fierro, and Claude Addas. Science, Technology and Agriculture: J. Vernet, Julio Samso, Thomas F. Glick, Expiracion Garcia Sanchez, Lucie Bolens, James Dickie, and Charles Burnett. Islamic Civilisation in al-Andalus: Margarita Lopez Gomez.