The Ornament of the World
Sinopse
Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this documentary retraces the 800-year period in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
- 7.8
- 2019
- Released
- 1h 56m
Reuven Firestone
Himself (Hebrew Union College)David Levering Lewis
Himself (New York University)Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)Frank Peters
Himself (New York University)D. Fairchild Ruggles
Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)Adnan Husain
Himself (Queen's University)Teofilo Ruiz
Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)Dwight Reynolds
Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)Ross Brann
Himself (Cornell University)Richard Bulliet
Himself (Columbia University)David Nirenberg
Himself (University of Chicago)Peter Linehan
Himself (Cambridge University)Tim Phelan
Narrator (voice)Status
Released
Original Language
en
Keywords
- #spain
- #christianity
- #islam
- #religious conversion
- #toledo, spain
- #judaism
- #conflict
- #massacre
- #culture
- #granada, spain
- #forced conversion
- #seville, spain
- #caliph
- #arab culture
- #mosque
- #andalusia, spain
- #córdoba, spain
- #coexist
- #caliphate
- #medieval spain
