Allen James Fromherz is Director of the Middle East Studies Center and Associate Professor of History at Georgia State University.
A fast-paced and innovative look at the medieval western
Mediterranean which will leave the reader intrigued, fascinated,
and eager to know more about the unexpectedly cosmopolitan
character of the 'middle sea', the oft-forgotten role of the
Berbers in that cosmopolitanism, and the surprising contributions
of southern, Muslim knowledge to the efflorescence of northern
Christian shores.-- "Amira K. Bennison, University of
Cambridge"
Fromherz has provided a fresh and well-crafted synthesis that
heuristically questions standard narratives of European medieval
history...the book restores the Maghreb to its proper place in the
wider history of the twelfth-century Mediterranean world.'--John
Tolan "JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY"
Fromherz takes a fresh look at a variety of sources, finding -
rather than a period of sometimes violent hostility - a fascinating
mixing of cultures in art and architecture, music, poetry, medicine
and commerce.'--AramcoWorld "Robert W. Lebling"
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