The myth of the andalusain paradise de Dario Fernandez-Morera

Scgolars, jounalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain - "al-andalus" - as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony.

There is only one problem with this widely accepted account : it is a myth.

In the groundbreaking book, Nothwestern University scholar Dario Fernandez-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain.

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise shines light on hidden features of this medieval culture by drawing on an abundance of primary sources that scholars have ignored, as well as archaelogical evidence only recently uneathed.

This supposed beacon of peaceful coexistence began, of course, with the Islamic Caliphate's conquest of Spain.

Far from a land of tolerance, Islamic Spain was marked by religious and therefore cultural repression in all areas of life and the marginalization.