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Spain: The Root and the Flower: A History of the Civilization of Spain and of the Spanish People

Book by John A. Crow; Harper & Row, 1963

Subjects:

National Characteristics, Spanish, Spain--Civilization

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the Jews, and the Moors in Spain, and particular...attention has been paid to Spanish art, literature, architecture...Visigothic code and by the Moors. Spanish Christianity, after...and there engaged the Moors in battle. The Spanish General Chronicle, an...
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Spanish Art: An Introductory Review of Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Textiles, Ceramics, Woodwork, Metalwork

Book by R. R. Tatlock, A. F. Kendrick, Royall Tyler, A. Van De Put, Sir Charles Holmes, H. Isherwood Kay, Bernard Bevan, Geoffrey Webb, Pedro De Artiñano, Bernard Rackham; B. T. Batsford, 1927

Subjects:

Art, Spanish

Collections: Entire Library

...with that of the Moors. The smaller mosques...a mass of native Spanish architecture, we...abroad, than the Spanish crusades began...been freed from the Moors and the crusading...After his death, the Moors took possession again...was the strongest Spanish Moslem state after...
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Main Currents of Spanish Literature

Book by J. D. M. Ford; Henry Holt, 1919

Subjects:

Spanish Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the side of the Moors with whom his Spanish sovereign was allied...to the cycles of Spanish heroic tradition...have brought the Moors into Spain to wax...the greatest old Spanish hero after the Cid...campaigns against the Moors and also against...
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The Hispanic Connection: Spanish and Spanish-American Literature in the Arts of the World

Book by Zenia Sacks Dasilva; Praeger, 2004

Subjects:

Art And Literature, Spanish American Literature--History And Criticism, Spanish Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Christian from among the Moors of Granada. He published...that year. Like the Moors, many of these Jews resettled...they preserved their Spanish culture, especially the...expulsion from their Spanish homeland. Understandably...the situation of the Moors, who had granted the...
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The Literature of the Spanish People: From Roman Times to the Present Day

Book by Gerald Brenan; Cambridge University Press, 1951

Subjects:

Fiction, Spanish Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Charlemagne against the Moors of Saragossa in...the scourge of the Spanish Christians, died...Thus we find that a Spanish monk, writing in...from defeating the Moors, had allowed himself...joining forces with the Moors of Saragossa to...weapons for the Spanish kings, but in return...

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Tales of the Alhambra: Rushdie's Use of Spanish History in 'The Moor's Last Sigh

Journal article by Paul A. Cantor; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 29, 1997

Subjects:

Imperialism in literature--Analysis, Literature and history--Social aspects, Multiculturalism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Rushdie, Salman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spain--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Moor's Last Sigh (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Alhambra: Rushdies use of Spanish history in The Moors Last Sigh. by...Rushdie refers to the great Spanish novel several times in The Moors Last Sigh,(2) and indeed...6) Rushdies use of Spanish history in The Moors Last Sigh thus seems...
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Postcolonial Lack and Aesthetic Promise in the Moor's Last Sigh

Journal article by Alexandra W. Schultheis; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 47, 2001

Subjects:

Aesthetics--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Nationalism and literature--India, Postcolonialism--Analysis, Rushdie, Salman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Moor's Last Sigh (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...affluent Malabar Hill home as the Moors fantastical palace, a cousin...gives him a passport with a Spanish visa and a one-way ticket...universes" (15) that enclose the Moors family history are sites of...and then capitulating to the Spanish. Rushdie clearly plays on the...
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Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery

Journal article by Charles Burnett; Shakespeare Studies, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...significance of the contemporaneity of dealings with the Turks and Moors, and discovering the New World, come two essays, on the use...resulted in a surge of translations from Arabic into Latin and Spanish, which flowed unabated from the late eleventh to the end of...
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Si Hablas Espanol Eres Mojado: Spanish as an Identity Market in the Lives of Mexicano Children

Journal article by Rebecca Benjamin; Social Justice, Vol. 24, 1997

Subjects:

Ethnicity in children--Research, Group identity--Psychological aspects, Mexican American children--Social aspects, Spanish language--Demographic aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...presentations on Spanish or New Mexican history. For example, several weeks were spent on the contributions of the Moors to Spanish culture and language. Although Mr. Gutierrez and Ms. Chavez were present during these classes, they did not participate...
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Judas-Friars of the Popish Plot: The Catholic Perspective on Dryden's the Spanish Fryar

Journal article by Anne Barbeau Gardiner; CLIO, Vol. 32, 2003

Subjects:

Catholics--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Dominicans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Dryden, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Spanish Fryar (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Philosophy, History, Literature, Entire Library

...stopped the performance of The Spanish Fryar, presumably because he...return from battle with the Moors glances at Jamess victorious...have been too obvious that The Spanish Fryar was an attack on the...UP, 1997), 233. (2.) The Spanish Fryar, in The Works of John...

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Don't Look Back! Andrew Hussey on the Tales of Medieval Moors Preoccupying Spanish Readers

Magazine article by Andrew Hussey; New Statesman, Vol. 136, August 27, 2007

Subjects:

Books and reading--Evaluation, Historical novels--Appreciation, Novelists--Appreciation, Sierra, Javier--Appreciation

Collections: Entire Library

...Hussey on the Tales of Medieval Moors Preoccupying Spanish Readers. by Andrew Hussey...over the past ten years, the Spanish book world has undergone a revolution...But what exactly have your Spanish neighbours been reading on the...
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Spain Reclaims Its African Heritage: After Centuries of Denial, Spain Is Reclaiming the Heritage of Arab-African Moors Who Brought a High Civilisation to Barbarian Europe

Magazine article by Sinikka Kahl; New African, May 2002

Subjects:

Africa, Civilization, Medieval--History, Ethnic groups--History, International relations--Evaluation, Muslims--History, Spain--History, Spanish foreign relations--Africa, Spanish history

Collections: Entire Library

...Heritage of Arab-African Moors Who Brought a High...cemetery in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras...not mean a southern Spanish region with that...and Isabella. The Moors are usually believed...compete with typical Spanish cafes, and a signboard...might think that the Moors have returned to...
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The Battle for Spain the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Magazine article by Gerald Howson; History Today, Vol. 56, October 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Battle for Spain the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...chapter The Battle for Madrid, where one can almost see Francos Moors and Foreign Legionaries trying to force their way into the capital...a Communist regiment, an Anarchist column, remnants of the Spanish army still loyal to the Government and the first contingents...
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The Muslim Expulsion from Spain: Roger Boase Looks at a Spanish Example of Religious and Ethnic Cleansing

Magazine article by Roger Boase; History Today, Vol. 52, April 2002

Subjects:

Arabs in Spain--History, Deportation--Spain, Muslims--Spain, Race relations--Spain, Spain--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...the seventeenth century the Moors had become Spanish citizens; some were genuine...practical option. Henceforward the Spanish Moors became theoretically New Christians...of the Inquisition, but the Spanish Arabs or Moors have not received the same...
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"For God, Spain, & El Cid": During the Centuries-Long Struggle of the Spanish Reconquista against the Muslim Occupiers of Iberia, One Name Stands out above All Others as the Exemplary Christian Knight

Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 23, September 3, 2007

Subjects:

Christian-Muslim relations--Evaluation, Christianity and other religions--Evaluation, Christianity and other religions--Islam, El Cid (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Knights and knighthood--Portrayals, Knights--Portrayals, Muslims--Social aspects, de Vivar, Rodrigo--Portrayals

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...revered hero, was a real person, a Spanish Christian knight and prince...in European lore. After the Moors swept over Spain (711-715...as the Spaniards fought the Moors and fought among themselves...the city of Valencia from the Moors in 1094 and his successful defense...

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Holiday Mercury: On Spanish Moors' Trail Holiday Hotspots Goes in Here

Newspaper article by John Davis; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), January 23, 2000

Subjects:

Mercury

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Holiday Mercury: On Spanish Moors Trail Holiday Hotspots Goes in Here...rich in water. First settled by the Moors who crossed the Mediterranean from North...story goes that it got its name from the Spanish king, Alfonso XII, who visited the town...
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Moors the Merrier

Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), January 30, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Moors the Merrier. Byline: By Mike...coaching comfort - what El Becks and his Spanish team-mates travel around in - I boarded...symbolise Spains occupation by the Moors. Fortunately, just as we see the...tapas bars - but be warned, like most Spanish cities, Granada takes to its beds...
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Football: Solihull Moors to Start New Chapter; NON-LEAGUE

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 6, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...chairman while secretary Joe Murphy will become football director. Moors existing chairman Ian Childs and vice-chairman John Bassford...season, expect Lee Chilton to be fit. Tottenham fans brawl with Spanish riot police during last nights UEFA Cup tie in Seville Picture...
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How Moorish; London Escape: After the Romans, Visigoths, Moors and Christians, Cordoba's Latest Invader Is Gavanndra Hodge, Lured by the Culture and the Cava-

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 27, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...before being sacked by the Visigoths. It flowered again under the Moors, was made the capital of Al-Andalus in the eighth century, and...by pig cheeks. By the end I felt as satisfied as the portly Spanish businessmen dining nearby looked. On the way back we stopped...
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Travel: You'll Want to See Moor; IAIN MAYHEW Sees Spanish Christians Beat Their Old Adversaries, Again, in Alcoy LET YOUR HAIR DOWN WITH FESTIVAL FUN

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 26, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Spain - the annual Moors and Christians Festival...pictures and fending off Spanish TV crews who thought...town. This is a very Spanish affair which celebrates...of the Arabs (the Moors) by the Christian...goodness knows what - my Spanish isnt good enough...Cordones, who are Moors in the festival...

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Spanish Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

SPANISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE...introduced by the Moors (8th cent.) and extensively...palaces and mosques the Moors developed certain...remained part of the Spanish tradition down to...choirs of almost all Spanish cathedrals and collegiate...Alhambra). By 850 the Moors had conquered all...
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Alfonso X , Spanish King of Castile and León

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Alfonso the Wise), 1221 84, Spanish king of Castile and Leon (1252...III, whose conquests of the Moors he continued, notably by taking...because of papal opposition and Spanish antagonism, he did not go to...Ferdinand, while fighting the Moors, civil war for the succession...
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Alfonso IX , Spanish King of León

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Spanish king of Leon 1171 1230, Spanish king of Leon (1188 1230), son and successor of Ferdinand II. He conquered from the Moors several cities in Estremadura and was...annulled by the pope. He defeated (1230) the Moors at Merida. His son by Berenguela, Ferdinand...
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Alfonso III , Spanish King of Asturias

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ALFONSO III , Spanish king of Asturias (Alfonso the Great), 838? 911?, Spanish king of Asturias (866 911?). He recovered the territory of Leon from the Moors. The kingdom was consolidated in his reign, but after his forced abdication, it...
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Alfonso I , Spanish King of Asturias

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Spanish king of Asturias (Alfonso the Catholic), 693? 757, Spanish king of Asturias (739 57). He was the son-in-law of the first Asturian king, Pelayo . A Berber rebellion (740 41) against the Moors enabled him to conquer parts of Galicia, Leon, and Santander...

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