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The Moor's Last Stand

Author : Elizabeth Drayson
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782832769
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Moor's Last Stand written by Elizabeth Drayson and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1482, Abu Abdallah Muhammad XI became the twenty-third Muslim King of Granada. He would be the last. This is the first history of the ruler, known as Boabdil, whose disastrous reign and bitter defeat brought seven centuries of Moorish Spain to an end. It is an action-packed story of intrigue, treachery, cruelty, cunning, courtliness, bravery and tragedy. Basing her vivid account on original documents and sources, Elizabeth Drayson traces the origins and development of Islamic Spain. She describes the thirteenth-century founding of the Nasrid dynasty, the cultured and stable society it created, and the feuding which threatened it and had all but destroyed it by 1482, when Boabdil seized the throne. The new Sultan faced betrayals by his family, factions in the Alhambra palace, and ever more powerful onslaughts from the forces of Ferdinand and Isabella, monarchs of the newly united kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. By stratagem, diplomacy, courage and strength of will Boabdil prolonged his reign for ten years, but he never had much chance of survival. In 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella, magnificently attired in Moorish costume, entered Granada and took possession of the city. Boabdil went into exile. The Christian reconquest of Spain, that has reverberated so powerfully down the centuries, was complete.

"The Abencerraje" and "Ozmin and Daraja"

Author : Barbara Fuchs
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 081224608X
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book "The Abencerraje" and "Ozmin and Daraja" written by Barbara Fuchs and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1561, an anonymous tale of love, friendship, and chivalry has captivated readers in Spain and across Europe. "The Abencerraje" tells of the Moorish knight Abindarráez, whose plans to wed are interrupted when he is taken prisoner by Christian knights. His captor, a Spanish governor, befriends and admires the Moorish knight, ultimately releasing him to marry his beloved. Their enormously popular tale was repeated or imitated in numerous ballads and novels; when the character Don Quixote is wounded in his first sortie, he imagines himself as Abindarráez on the field. Several decades later, in the tense years leading up to the expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain, Mateo Alemán reprised themes from this romance in his novel Guzmán de Alfarache. In his version, the Moorish lady Daraja is captured by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabel; she and her lover Ozmín are forced to engage in a variety of ruses to protect their union until they are converted to Christianity and married. Though "Ozmín and Daraja" is more elaborate in execution than "The Abencerraje," both tales show deep sympathy for their Moorish characters. Faithfully translated into modern, accessible English, these finely wrought literary artifacts offer rich imaginings of life on the Christian-Muslim frontier. Contextualized with a detailed introduction, along with contemporary legal documents, polemics, and ballads, "The Abencerraje" and "Ozmín and Daraja" reveals early modern Spain's profound fascination with the Moorish culture that was officially denounced and persecuted. By recalling the intimate and sympathetic bonds that often connected Christians to the heritage of Al-Andalus, these tales of romance and companionship offer a nuanced view of relationships across a religious divide.

Francisco Martínez de la Rosa

Author : Robert Mayberry
Publisher : Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Francisco Martínez de la Rosa written by Robert Mayberry and published by Boston : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Manet/Velázquez

Author : Gary Tinterow
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588390403
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Manet/Velázquez written by Gary Tinterow and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2003 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here approximately two hundred works by French and Spanish artists chart the development of this cultural influence and map a fascinating shift in the paradigm of painting, from Idealism to Realism, from Italy to Spain, from Renaissance to Baroque. Above all, these images demonstrate how direct contact with Spanish painting fired the imagination of nineteenth-century French artists and brought about the triumph of Realism in the 1860s, and with it a foundation for modern art."--BOOK JACKET.

Twayne's World Authors Series

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Twayne's World Authors Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aberrations of Mourning

Author : Laurence A. Rickels
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814318263
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Aberrations of Mourning written by Laurence A. Rickels and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Abencerraje and the beautiful Jarifa

Author : Antonio de Villegas
Publisher : Chapel Hill, U. of North Carolina P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Abencerraje and the beautiful Jarifa written by Antonio de Villegas and published by Chapel Hill, U. of North Carolina P. This book was released on 1964 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book entitled "The Abencerraje and the beautiful Jarifa" relates a story that occurs on the border of Andalusia between the Moors and Christians in the 15th century. Rodrigo de Narvaez, warden of Antequera, therein shows Christian generosity to a Moorish Knight, Abindarraez, of the family of the Abencerrajes, and frees him so he can go to his wedding with Jarifa ... The Abencerraje can be considered as one of the sources for the figure of the noble Moor as projected in European literature.

Creating a National Identity

Author : Carol Lisa Tully
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Creating a National Identity written by Carol Lisa Tully and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Studies in Dance History

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Dance History written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Les Aventures Du Dernier Abencérage (English Edition)

Author : Francois-René de Chateaubriand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781519173355
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Les Aventures Du Dernier Abencérage (English Edition) written by Francois-René de Chateaubriand and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last of the Abencerrajes - François-René de Chateaubriand. A translation into English by A. S. Kline. Illustrated with Lithographs by Francisco Javier Parcerisa. Chateaubriand's tale of a great love thwarted by religion and destiny, is set in 15th century Spain, and centres on the last of the Moorish tribe of the Abencerrages who, legend has it, held high position in the kingdom of Granada. The city was the last to be governed by the Moors, and its surrender to Ferdinand and Isabella, in 1492, by Muhammad XII (Boabdil) marked the end of the Reconquista and the final expulsion of the Moors from Spain. The idea of a doomed relationship between a Christian and a Muslim protagonist appears in a number of earlier works in Europe, for example the 12th or 13th century French chantefable of Aucassin and Nicolette, while the theme of lovers separated by fate, exemplified by Romeo and Juliet or the historical 12th century figures of Abélarde and Héloïse, had particular appeal for Chateaubriand, who gives us variations of the idea in his American novellas Atala and René. A particular strength of this story of Granada, besides the charm of its telling and the beauty of its setting, is Chateaubriand's ability to give equal weight and sympathy to two diverse cultures, while himself believing in the ultimate superiority of the Christian faith. This exaltation of human virtues above particular time and circumstance is one of Chateaubriand's most endearing characteristics. This and other texts available from Poetry in Translation (www.poetryintranslation.com).

The Moorish Novel

Author : María Soledad Carrasco Urgoiti
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Moorish Novel written by María Soledad Carrasco Urgoiti and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1976 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

"The Abencerraje" and "Ozmín and Daraja"

Author : Barbara Fuchs
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812206452
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book "The Abencerraje" and "Ozmín and Daraja" written by Barbara Fuchs and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1561, an anonymous tale of love, friendship, and chivalry has captivated readers in Spain and across Europe. "The Abencerraje" tells of the Moorish knight Abindarráez, whose plans to wed are interrupted when he is taken prisoner by Christian knights. His captor, a Spanish governor, befriends and admires the Moorish knight, ultimately releasing him to marry his beloved. Their enormously popular tale was repeated or imitated in numerous ballads and novels; when the character Don Quixote is wounded in his first sortie, he imagines himself as Abindarráez on the field. Several decades later, in the tense years leading up to the expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain, Mateo Alemán reprised themes from this romance in his novel Guzmán de Alfarache. In his version, the Moorish lady Daraja is captured by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabel; she and her lover Ozmín are forced to engage in a variety of ruses to protect their union until they are converted to Christianity and married. Though "Ozmín and Daraja" is more elaborate in execution than "The Abencerraje," both tales show deep sympathy for their Moorish characters. Faithfully translated into modern, accessible English, these finely wrought literary artifacts offer rich imaginings of life on the Christian-Muslim frontier. Contextualized with a detailed introduction, along with contemporary legal documents, polemics, and ballads, "The Abencerraje" and "Ozmín and Daraja" reveals early modern Spain's profound fascination with the Moorish culture that was officially denounced and persecuted. By recalling the intimate and sympathetic bonds that often connected Christians to the heritage of Al-Andalus, these tales of romance and companionship offer a nuanced view of relationships across a religious divide.

Disorientations

Author : Susan Martin-Márquez
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300152523
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Disorientations written by Susan Martin-Márquez and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the fraught processes of Spaniards' efforts to formulate a national identity - from the Enlightenment to the present - this book focuses on the nation's Islamic-African legacy, disputing the received wisdom that Spain has consistently rejected its historical relationship to Muslims and Africans.

Romanic Review

Author : Henry Alfred Todd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Romanic Review written by Henry Alfred Todd and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chateaubriand

Author : Richard Switzer
Publisher : New York : Twayne Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Chateaubriand written by Richard Switzer and published by New York : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1971 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mateo Alemán

Author : Donald McGrady
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mateo Alemán written by Donald McGrady and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1968 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dictionary of Artists

Author : Emmanuel Bénézit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Artists written by Emmanuel Bénézit and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First English-language edition of Emmanuel Bénézit's Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, based on the 14-volume French edition published in 1999. It has been revised, adapted and updated.--Preface.