Muslim, Jewish, and Christian coexistence and tolerance helped produce such cultural and sociqal monuments as the Great Mosque of C rdoba, the Cathedral of Toledo, the Giralda of Sevilla, and the Alhambra in Granada. All lectures are delivered in situ . Course evaluation is based on attendance, participation, quizzes and an essay examination. May not be taken as an audit. A fourteen-day interdisciplinary seminar given in Castilla la Nueva and Andalucia.
Lectures are in situ.
To say it in a single metaphor, the thirteenth century Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, erected long after the reconquest of Toledo by Alfonso VI, is witness to an underlying Islamic economic, social and cultural tolerance rarely found in European history. The case of al-Andalus is no exception. Literary forms were used not only for diversion, or as a linguistic tour de force , but also to write laws, to move men to war, or to draw up international treaties. From this perspective, we can consider the study of al-Andalus literature as the study of one of the major moving forces of that society. Lectures for this course will begin in situ during the Azahar traveling seminar and will continue during the regular semester in Madrid.