The Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History: A Forgotten Heritage - Paperback

by Maria Rosa Menocal (Author), María Rosa Menocal (Author)

""Beautifully written. . . . A fascinating introduction to an area of medieval literacy still replete with nationalistic tensions.""--Speculum ""Calls for a wider acceptance of the idea that medieval Western culture was influenced more widely by Arab

Author Biography

Maria Rosa Menocal is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, where she is Director of the Whitney Humanities Center. She is author of The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain and Shards of Love: Exile and the Origins of the Lyric.