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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Barbara Hueter wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are interested in learning more about the
Muslim conquest and subsequent reconquest of Spain, I recommend you
read </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>The Ornament of the World; </U>How Muslims,
Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval
Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal..... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a good book, but, in my opinion, an even
better study of the cultural, political and social forces that contributed to
the so called "ethnic cleansing" issue raised earlier, can be found in Thomas
F. Glick's, <U>Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages
(Comparative Perspectives on Social and Cultural Formation)</U>.
Unfortunately, it is out of print (I first read it years ago) but can be found
online at <A
href="http://libro.uca.edu/ics/emspain.htm">http://libro.uca.edu/ics/emspain.htm</A>.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene Silva</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:ejsilvaaswbell.net">ejsilvaaswbell.net</A></FONT></DIV>
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