María Rosa Menocal

Born: 1953-04-09

María Rosa Menocal was a Cuban-born scholar of medieval culture and history and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2002 Menocal wrote the book The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain, which has been translated into many languages. Menocal died of melanoma in 2012.


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The Ornament of the World

as Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
Released: 2019-11-19

Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this documentary retraces the 800-year period...

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