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.
Homepage | http://www.mariarosamenocal.com/ |
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Birth Location | Havana, Cuba |
Born | 1953-04-09 |
Died | 2012-10-15 |