Book List - JLF Colorado 2024

Prepare for an exhilarating journey into the world of literature, as JLF Colorado returns with more than 50 incredible speakers. Join us from September 14 to 15 in Boulder, Colorado, to experience the vibrant energy of the Jaipur Literature Festival, famously hailed as "the greatest literary show on Earth." For more information, visit https://jlflitfest.org/colorado. Book list created 7/31/24.

Showing 1 - 2 of 2  There are a total of 72 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Infidel kings and unholy warriors"
Description:
"An in-depth portrait of the Crusades-era Mediterranean world, and a new understanding of the forces that shaped it. In Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors, the award-winning scholar Brian Catlos puts us on the ground in the Mediterranean world of 1050-1200. We experience the sights and sounds of the region just as enlightened Islamic empires and primitive Christendom began to contest it. We learn about the siege tactics, theological disputes, and...
Book cover for "Kingdoms of faith"
Description:
"A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new interpretation of the forces that shaped it. Prior accounts...