Contributions

  • Levy, Tony, 1943- - Contributor
  • Jacquart, Danielle - Contributor
  • Jolivet, Jean - Contributor
  • Bresc, Henri - Contributor
  • FIT Production (Firm) - Contributor
and 3 more
  • Cinquieme (Firm) - Contributor
  • Canal Sur Television (Firm) - Contributor
  • Films for the Humanities (Firm) - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

6,500 words, Guess

Page Count

26 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • De l'arabe au latin
  • Europe awakes.
  • From Arabic to Latin
  • Assimilation of Arab knowledge

Description

As dissension mounted between the rival Arab dynasties in Baghdad, Cordoba, and Cairo, Christendom rallied to oppose the Muslims in Spain and Jerusalem. This program plots out the decline of the Caliphate and the acquisition of Arab knowledge by Europeans starved for Islam's intellectual riches. The rise of feudalism and papal authority, the gradual defeat of the Muslim rulers in Spain, the Seljuk usurpation of Abbisid power in the Near East, and the Crudades are explained, along with the concerted efforts of Catholic authorities to translate the vast libraries of Arab scientific and philosophical texts.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Lorsque le monde parlait arabe = When the world spoke Arabic
  • Lorsque le monde parlait arabe
  • HIS 433 (NU course)

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