The Jews of Moslem Spain, Volume 1

Called by Choice undefined;the most comprehensive survey of a magnificent era,undefined; The Jews of Moslem Spain takes the reader on a journey through history, from 711 C.E. on the slopes of Gibraltar (when the Moslems conquered the Iberian peninsula) through the centuries of the flowering of Jewish culture, undefined;The Golden Age of Spanish Jewryundefined; and closes with the 11th century re-conquest of Spain.

The books (Volume 1 and the combined Volumes 2/3) are peopled with soldiers and rabbinic scholars, viziers in the caliphundefined;s court, poets and converts, courtiers and intellectuals.