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The Invisible Line: Spain's Islamic Heritage
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Infobase
Publication Date
[2008], c2007
Language
Español
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Table of Contents
From the eVideo
La Frontera Invisible/The Invisible Frontier (2:05)
Monastery of Suso and Roman Roads in Spain (2:20)
Roman Ruins of Cadiz (1:53)
Notre Dame La Grand in Portiers, France (2:14)
Visigoth Kingdom: Recpolis and Toledo (2:46)
Cartagena and Seville (2:31)
Romanesque and Gothic Architecture in Spain (3:09)
Basilica of San Juan Bautista (2:31)
Romanesque Ciudad Real (1:29)
Moorish Invasions (1:57)
From the eVideo
Islam on the Iberian Peninsula: Rogues and Poets (1:46)
Tariq and Count Julian Plan a Joint Invasion (1:37)
Muslim Conquest 711-714 AD (1:57)
Caliphate of Cordoba (2:28)
Mozarabic Architecture (3:40)
Hermitages and Monasteries (3:16)
The Arab Home and Market (4:00)
Poets and Map Makers (4:42)
From the eVideo
Tenth Century Polities on the Iberian Peninsula (2:42)
Muhammad Ibn Abi Aamir, or Al-Mansur, Grows to Fame as Almanzor (4:12)
Almanzor Achieves Love and Political Allies (2:08)
Almanzor Becomes Military Dictator of Cordoba (5:31)
Among a Confusion of Loyalties, Almanzor Attains Broad Power (4:41)
Almanzor Meets His End in Battle (4:02)
From the eVideo
Galicia in the Twelfth Century (2:45)
Seville and the Reign of Al-Mu'tamid, Poet and Warrior (1:51)
Rise of King Alfonso VI (2:52)
King Alfonso VI and El Cid (5:34)
Medieval Cities of Spain in Lives of El Cid and Al-Mu'tamid (4:50)
Almoravid Invasion and Yusuf ibn Tashfin (3:57)
From the eVideo
Splendors of Andalusia in the Twelfth Century (1:13)
Arab Towers Throughout Spain Inspired by Andalusians of the Twelfth Century (5:08)
Life and Thought of Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (2:56)
Averroes Invents the Madrassa (1:40)
Arab Fortifications, Doors, and Walls Illustrate Spain's Colorful History (4:50)
Picturesque Ruins of Castles Display Arab Influence (5:13)
Moroccan Necropolis in Rabat Holds Moorish Remains (1:50)
From the eVideo
Twelfth Century Christian King Alfonso VIII and the Christian Reconquest of Spain (2:03)
Las Huelgas de Burgos and Toledo in the Twelfth Century (1:50)
Art Flourishes Amidst Spain's Turmoil in the Thirteenth Century (3:45)
Ferdinand III Furiously Pursues Reconquest (3:50)
Reconquest of Crdoba Hastens Demise of Arab Power (3:30)
Toledo's School of Translation (2:41)
Ferdinand III and Las Huelgas de Burgos (2:36)
Ferdinand III Overwhelms the Arabs (3:07)
From the eVideo
Peace Between Muslims and Christians and Jews Fails (3:14)
Toledo and Castile, Examples of Cultural Co-existence (1:44)
Thirteenth Century Reign of Alfonso X (3:38)
Plague and Politics Threaten Spanish Culture in the Fourteenth Century (2:52)
Spanish Architecture Flourishes in the Fourteenth Century (1:44)
Fourteenth Century Monastery of Santa Clara in Seville (3:17)
Pedro I, the Last King of Three Cultures (4:29)
Historians of Fourteenth Century Spain Reconsider Pedro I (2:24)
From the eVideo
The Alhambra, Synthesis of the Arts (2:59)
Fifteenth Century Memoirs of Don lvaro de Luna (7:00)
Influence of the Italian Renaissance in Spain (2:34)
Franciscan Friar Jimnez de Cisneros and Queen Isabella (5:10)
Franciscan Friar Jimnez de Cisneros Loyal to Church and Spain (3:56)
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