A Golden Age: 711 -1066 Ce: Diaspora Jews Thrive After Moor Conquest of Southern Spain

by Mel Meckler

Diaspora Judians suffered onerous religious persecution within Spain's Iberian Peninsula then under the rule of Visagoths prior to its invasion and conquest in 711 CE by the Muslim Moors. That changed soon after their new Al-Andulas Muslim rulers, who chose to rule from Cordoba, encouraged their non-Muslim Judian and Christian inhabitants to join with Muslims as dhimmis or "People of the Book" who were to be protected under Islamic law. While Judean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481124218
• ISBN13: 9781481124218
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"