Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
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The Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain, also known as the Golden Age of Arab (or Moorish) Rule in Iberia, refers to a period of history during the Muslim rule of the Iberian Peninsula (the former Roman and Visigothic Hispania) in which Jews were generally accepted in society and Jewish religious, cultural, and economic life blossomed.
The nature and length of this "Golden Age" has been a subject of debate. Some scholars give the start of the Golden Age as either 711–718 (after the Muslim conquest of Iberia) or 912 (the rule of Abd-ar-Rahman III) and the end of the Golden Age variously as 1031 (when the Caliphate of Cordoba ended), 1066 (the date of the Granada massacre), 1090 (when the Almoravides invaded), or the mid-1100s (when the Almohades invaded).
See also
- Sephardim under Islam
- Judeo-Islamic philosophies (800–1400)
- Al-Andalus
- History of Jews in Poland
- History of the Jews in Spain
- History of the Jews in Portugal
- History of Spain
- History of Portugal
- La Convivencia
- Reconquista
- Spanish Inquisition and repression of the Jews
- Timeline of Portuguese history
- Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian peninsula
