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Yet Americo Castro, who coined the word convivencia to describe the life of the three faiths in the caliphate of Cordoba, wrote, in his book The Structure of Spanish History: "Each of the three peoples of the peninsula saw itself forced to live for eight centuries together with the other two at the same time as it passionately desired their extermination."
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Yet Americo Castro, who coined the word convivencia to describe the life of the three faiths in the caliphate of Cordoba, wrote, in his book The Structure of Spanish History: "Each of the three peoples of the peninsula saw itself forced to live for eight centuries together with the other two at the same time as it passionately desired their extermination."
THE BLACK KETTLE 2009
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Yet Americo Castro, who coined the word convivencia to describe the life of the three faiths in the caliphate of Cordoba, wrote, in his book The Structure of Spanish History: "Each of the three peoples of the peninsula saw itself forced to live for eight centuries together with the other two at the same time as it passionately desired their extermination."
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Yet Americo Castro, who coined the word convivencia to describe the life of the three faiths in the caliphate of Cordoba, wrote, in his book The Structure of Spanish History: "Each of the three peoples of the peninsula saw itself forced to live for eight centuries together with the other two at the same time as it passionately desired their extermination."
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A long, long period of "convivencia"--living together--and then 400+ years of religious and ethnic atrocities followed civil war and Franco's tyranny.
Oriental Dreams Marina Geigert 2007
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What modern scholars in Spain called convivencia is the background for the literary miracle.
The Lost Jewish Culture Bloom, Harold 2007
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According to Princeton historian Mark Cohen, the notion of convivencia, of medieval Spain as utopia, began with mid-19th century German-Jewish historians.
BrothersJudd Blog 2010
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"Islamic Spain has been hailed for its 'convivencia' — its spirit of tolerance in which Jews, Christians, and Muslims, created a premodern renaissance," Edward Rothstein writes in the New York Times reg req'd.
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La Planta, un amplio lugar de convivencia, donde se desarrollan técnicas de mejoras sustentables y ecológicas para ayudar a la conservación del medio ambiente.
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Why not recreate such convivencia in New York, where the Statue of Liberty beckons all to freedom?
Parvez Ahmed: Any Common Ground in the 'Ground Zero Mosque' Debate? 2010
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