Excerpt from Moors in Spain: A Wonderful Chapter of the World's Civilization WE are accustomed to look upon the followers Of the Arabian Prophet as little better than barbarians, remarkable chie y for ignorance, cruelty, and a bloody and persecuting spirit Of fanaticism. As it regards the character of the Mohammedans at the present day, and, indeed, their moral and intellectual condition for the last two centuries, there is no great error in this Opinion. But they are a degenerated race. There has been a period Of great ...
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Excerpt from Moors in Spain: A Wonderful Chapter of the World's Civilization WE are accustomed to look upon the followers Of the Arabian Prophet as little better than barbarians, remarkable chie y for ignorance, cruelty, and a bloody and persecuting spirit Of fanaticism. As it regards the character of the Mohammedans at the present day, and, indeed, their moral and intellectual condition for the last two centuries, there is no great error in this Opinion. But they are a degenerated race. There has been a period Of great brilliancy in their history, when they were distinguished for their love Of knowledge and the successful cultivation Of science and arts; nor is it too much to say, that to them Christian Europe is indebted for their deservedly generous impulse in geography, history, philosophy, medicine, physics, and mathematics, which led to the revival Of learning in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Of the various nations Of the great Moslem family, none were more renowned in arts, as well as arms, than the Moorish conquerors in Spain. Their famous, though little known history, which is contained in the follow ing pages, treats of a people who bore little resem blance to any other; who had their national vices and virtues, as well as their characteristic physiognomy; and who so long united the bravery, generosity and chivalry of the Europeans, with the excitable tempera ment and strong passions of the Orientals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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