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So, she might stay in Burgos for a few days. A lot too depends upon your budget as well. I know there is a bus from Alsa.com (not weekends) that stops in Carrion de Los Condes I enjoyed staying at Royal Monastery of San Zoilo Hotel It is a... -
Pelegrin reacted to Rick of Rick and Peg's post in the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain with
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The title The Ornament of the World was familiar to me. I think I saw a documentary with that name but not being sure if it was a Public Broadcasting Service television production or a YouTube video I did a search of YouTube. A lot came up and... -
I like the tarta de queso. Tortilla Español is also a favorite and pimento de Padron. In the winter I like Caldo Galego.
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Pelegrin replied to the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain.i think they were much more fundamentalist. Many christians and jews had to leave and some of them went to the Escuela de Traductores de Toledo.
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Pelegrin reacted to MichaelC's post in the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain with Like.
I can help with terminology a bit. Al-Andalus is the most common term for the various Muslim kingdoms in Iberia. This would be your best search term! Only the first major dynasty, the Umayyad, were actually Arab. This is the classical "golden...
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Pelegrin reacted to joramos's post in the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain with Like.
I like Maria Rosa Menocal's Ornament of the World. She provides an interesting and beautiful background how Muslims came to Spain, how the caliphates developed southern Spain (al-Andalus / Andalusia) with the introduction of innovations in arts...
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Pelegrin reacted to Rawson's post in the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain with Like.
I thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend “The Ornament of the World” by Maria Rosa Menocal. The subtitle is “How Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain.” The book covers broad politics of the era, but the...
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Pelegrin reacted to Kathar1na's post in the thread Will the Protest Against Tourists in Barcelona Come to Santiago? with Like.
Just for info - I have no "point to prove", I am merely interested in understanding what I read here and in the media - below is an extract from a table published in this "informe". The headers of the columns are: City - Tourists in 2023...
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Pelegrin replied to the thread Looking for Books on the Arab Occupation of Spain.I know "Ornament of the World" that is in Amazon. Al Andalus was very important also for Jewish culture before the almoravide and almohade invasions with studious of Tora and Talmud like Maimonides, Jehuda Halevi and Ben Ezra very important...
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