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  • Stealing from the Saracens

  • How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe
  • By: Diana Darke
  • Narrated by: Christine Rendel
  • Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But this legacy lives on in some of Europe's most recognizable buildings, from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament.

This book reveals the Arab and Islamic roots of Europe's architectural heritage. Diana Darke traces ideas and styles from vibrant Middle Eastern centers like Damascus, Baghdad, and Cairo, via Muslim Spain, Venice, and Sicily into Europe. She describes how medieval crusaders, pilgrims, and merchants encountered Arab Muslim culture on their way to the Holy Land; and explores more recent artistic interaction between Ottoman and Western cultures, including Sir Christopher Wren's inspirations in the "Saracen" style of Gothic architecture.

Recovering this long yet overlooked history of architectural "borrowing", Stealing from the Saracens is a rich tale of cultural exchange, shedding new light on Europe's greatest landmarks.

©2020 Diana Darke (P)2022 Tantor
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Pure Muslim propaganda. She must be married to one if them!

Not great. Just pure Muslim propaganda. Some facts were in fact accurate but most if it, is just how great the old Muslims were.

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