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Title: Beautifully Filmed, Intelligent Commentary
Review: Although it doesn't say so, either on the screen credits or the package, this video uses a lot of material from the History Channel, and is of comparable quality.What it describes is the Golden Age of Medieval Spain when Christians, Moslems and Jews lived together in harmony, resulting in a flowering of art and achitecture and substantial economic growth. Then Ferdinand and Isabella began their own reign of terror, kicking out the Muslims and Jews and initiating the Inquisition, and Spain (similar to Italy's experience post-Galileo) became a scientific and economic backwater.The best part of this video is the scholarly commentary by experts from Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and non-sectarian institutions, effectively replicating the diversity and tolerance of Moorish Spain.Highly recommended.Warning: There is another video on the same topic,When the Moors Ruled in Europe. It is not as good as this video.
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