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Title: The Medieval Spains by Bernard F. Reilly ISBN: 0-521-39741-3 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 03 June, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Concise yet broad introduction
Comment: Bernard Reilly would have a difficult time convincing anyone that he is an exciting writer. Fortunately for us, he is a good writer. Reilly manages to give a solid omniscient introduction to an obscure topic in just over two hundred pages. If the book were any longer it would be difficult to get through; if it were any shorter it would not be as informative.
What is unique about Reilly's book is that it takes an omniscient view of medieval Spain. Most books tend either to concentrate on Al-Andalus or on the Christian states in the north. Here, each is represented (althought the Christian states do seem to get more attention) well. Reilly spends plenty of time on the "fun stuff" of history, but also on the economic, legal, and religious issues.
As I alluded to above, this book is dry. It is, however, necessary. So pick it up, get through it, and then you will be able to move on to some of the more exciting books on the subject (Hugh Kennedy's, for example).
Rating: 4
Summary: Useful starting-point
Comment: A clear and informative overview of both sides of the religious and territorial divide in medieval Spain. Not is the focus solely on military and political details, although these things are paid due attention; Reilly also takes in culture, society and technology to paint a broad picture of Muslim, Christian and Jewish life in Iberia. A great place to start.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good stuff
Comment: Reilly's The Medieval Spains is chock full of details and dates that might daze a reader unfamiliar with the history of Muslim Spain. However, it is a very useful and thorough history, and I do recommend it for its strong scholarship and for the way it's set up: the chapters are divided into sections like general history(dates, rulers, etc.) and culture.
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Title: Moorish Spain by Richard Fletcher ISBN: 0520084969 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources (The Middle Ages Series) by Olivia Remie Constable ISBN: 0812215699 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.50 |
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Title: The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal ISBN: 0316168718 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Quest for El Cid by Richard Fletcher ISBN: 0195069552 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: June, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Convivencia: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Medieval Spain by Vivian B. Mann, Thomas F. Glick, Jerrilynn Denise Dodds ISBN: 0807612863 Publisher: George Braziller Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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