Spain before Islam
The Moors conquer Spain : "our God and your God is one"
Santiago discovered in the field of stars
Martyr-activists : determined to die in a city "piled full of riches"
The Pope who learned math from Muslim Spain
Europe's busiest highway
A Jewish general in a Muslim kingdom : "I am the David of my age"
The frontier : jihad, Crusades, cowboys, and sheep
Charlemagne : "God, how wearisome my life is"
El Cid : "born in a fortunate house"
The second Moses and medieval medicine
Rethinking religion : "to long with an exceeding longing"
A Muslim commentator enlightens Christendom : "you who have eyes to see, reflect!"
Sufism : "my heart has become capable of every form"
The Kabbalah : "an instrument for peace in the world"
Fernando III : "who broke and destroyed all his enemies"
A common life shared among three faiths : "damnable mixing"
Alfonso the learned king
The end of Spanish Judaism : "the razor that rips the membrane of my aching heart"
Columbus, a new world, and the end of history : "a deed forbidden by every faith."