Ornament of the World

• The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain - Maria Rosa Menocal

There were parts of this book that I really loved and then parts that seemed somewhat unorganized. However, the last 2 chapters of the book are wonderful and make the entire thing worth reading. I especially enjoyed the theories of what made this tolerant culture turn on its citizens and create a culture of terror during the inquisition. I also loved hearing her relate Cervantes' Don Quixote to the events in Medieval Spain that led to this distrust of all things "un-Christian."