La Convivencia
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La Convivencia ("the Coexistence") is a term used to describe the situation in Spanish history from about 711 to 1492 – concurrent with the Reconquista ("Reconquest") – when Jews, Muslims, and Catholics in Spain lived in relative peace together within the different kingdoms (during the same time, however, the Christian push to the south into Moorish land was ongoing). The phase often refers to the interplay of cultural ideas between the three groups, and ideas of religious tolerance.
Toledo was a center of la Convivencia.
[edit] See also
- Al-Andalus
- Mozarab (Christians in Al-Andalus)
- Mudejar (Muslims in Christendom)
- Pablo Alvaro (Jewish convert to Catholicism)
- Bishop Bodo (Catholic convert to Judaism)
- Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
[edit] Sources and further reading
- Vivan Mann, et al., eds. Convivencia: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Medieval Spain. George Braziller: 1992. ISBN 0-8076-1286-3.
- Pick, Lucy. Conflict and Coexistence: Archbishop Rodrigo and the Muslims and Jews of Medieval Spain. Oxbow Books: 2004. ISBN 0-472-11387-9.
- O'Shea, Stephen. Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World. Walker & Company: 2006. ISBN 0-8027-1517-6.
[edit] Additional References
- Rageh Omaar. An Islamic History of Europe. 90-minute video documentary for BBC Four, 2005.
- Catherine Bott. Convivencia. Music CD of Spanish and Moorish songs from the period.
