The Moors built dazzling mosques and palaces with intricate designs and calligraphy. Muslim Moors ruled Spain and Portugal for centuries and that civilization was a bright spot as much of Europe was ...
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...
Muslim Europe’ uncovers years of Muslim presence across the continent, challenging the widely held notion that Islam is ...
"This book was originally published in French as La mer des califes: Une histoire de la Mediterranee musulmane, VIIe-XIIe siecle, copyright (c) Editions du Seuil, 2015"--Title page verso. Contents ...
(RNS) — An 800-year-old puzzle about a set of 13th-century floor tiles has added to historians’ thinking about the relationship of Europeans and Arabs at the time of the Crusades. Amanda Luyster, ...