MovieThe Ornament of the World
2019★ 7.8
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Writing
María Rosa Menocal
1953-04-09 – 2012-10-15 · Havana, Cuba
Biography
María Rosa Menocal was a Cuban-born scholar of medieval culture and history and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2002 Menocal wrote the book The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain, which has been translated into many languages. Menocal died of melanoma in 2012.