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V a ibrant ndalusia V a ibrant ndalusia The Spice of Life in Southern Spain Ana Ruiz Algora Publishing New York © 2007 by Algora Publishing. All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-539-3 (trade paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-540-9 (hard cover) ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-541-6 (ebook) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data — Ruiz, Ana, 1960- Vibrant Andalusia : Moorish culture in southern Spain / Ana Ruiz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87586-539-3 (trade paper : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-540-9 (hard cover: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-541-6 (ebook) 1. Andalusia (Spain)—Civilization. I. Title. DP302.A467R65 2007 946’.802—dc22 2007003859 Front Cover: Alcaizería in Granada Printed in the United States To my Andalusian, Basque, and Castilian family. a cknowledgments I wish to acknowledge and thank the following people and organizations for their valuable contributions: • Mª Carmen Millán Ráfales, Jefa del Dpto. and Natalia Cobo at Biblioteca del Centro de Documentación de Música y Danza (Casa de Castril), Granada. • Mª Helena Rosales Varo, Biblioteca de Andalucía, Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía, Granada. • Miriam Font at Escuela de Estudios Arabes (Casa de Chapiz), Granada. • Centro de Documentación de Música y Danza, Madrid. All of the photographs were taken by the author unless otherwise indicated. Lyrics and other translations are the author’s. I wish to thank my father Manuel Ruiz for the artwork, my mother Isabel Ruiz for her literary knowledge, and Algora Publishing for supporting my work once again. Ana Ruiz Montreal, 2007 t c ableof ontents foreword 1 1. early settlers 3 2. the moors 11 Founder of al-Andalus 15 Abd al Rahman II and III 16 The Taifa Rulers 19 The Last Muslim Dynasty 21 3. al-andalus 27 The Medina 27 The Zoco 28 Homes 31 Gardens 32 Clothing 33 Harems 34 The Hammam 35 4. the golden age 39 Jews of al-Andalus 43 Trade 45 Agriculture 46 Architecture 47 Astronomy/Astrology 47 The Founder of Andalusí Music 51

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Almost a thousand years ago, when most of Europe was just edging out of the Dark Ages, the south of Spain was a brilliant center of world culture, a site of splendor, and a magnet for the talented and ambitious from all around the Mediterranean, the Near East, and beyond. In the days before Isabel a
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V a ibrant ndalusia V a ibrant ndalusia The Spice of Life in Southern Spain Ana Ruiz Algora Publishing New York © 2007 by Algora Publishing. All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-539-3 (trade paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-540-9 (hard cover) ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-541-6 (ebook) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data — Ruiz, Ana, 1960- Vibrant Andalusia : Moorish culture in southern Spain / Ana Ruiz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87586-539-3 (trade paper : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-540-9 (hard cover: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-541-6 (ebook) 1. Andalusia (Spain)—Civilization. I. Title. DP302.A467R65 2007 946’.802—dc22 2007003859 Front Cover: Alcaizería in Granada Printed in the United States To my Andalusian, Basque, and Castilian family. a cknowledgments I wish to acknowledge and thank the following people and organizations for their valuable contributions: • Mª Carmen Millán Ráfales, Jefa del Dpto. and Natalia Cobo at Biblioteca del Centro de Documentación de Música y Danza (Casa de Castril), Granada. • Mª Helena Rosales Varo, Biblioteca de Andalucía, Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía, Granada. • Miriam Font at Escuela de Estudios Arabes (Casa de Chapiz), Granada. • Centro de Documentación de Música y Danza, Madrid. All of the photographs were taken by the author unless otherwise indicated. Lyrics and other translations are the author’s. I wish to thank my father Manuel Ruiz for the artwork, my mother Isabel Ruiz for her literary knowledge, and Algora Publishing for supporting my work once again. Ana Ruiz Montreal, 2007 t c ableof ontents foreword 1 1. early settlers 3 2. the moors 11 Founder of al-Andalus 15 Abd al Rahman II and III 16 The Taifa Rulers 19 The Last Muslim Dynasty 21 3. al-andalus 27 The Medina 27 The Zoco 28 Homes 31 Gardens 32 Clothing 33 Harems 34 The Hammam 35 4. the golden age 39 Jews of al-Andalus 43 Trade 45 Agriculture 46 Architecture 47 Astronomy/Astrology 47 The Founder of Andalusí Music 51

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