The three monotheistic traditions in
Medieval Spain and Sicily

Renaud Rochette

ECOLE PRATIQUE DES HAUTES ETUDES – INSTITUT EUROPEEN EN SCIENCES DES RELIGIONS

Arab-Muslim Spain (Al-Andalus) and the Norman kingdom of Sicily were places where the three monotheisms coexisted peacefully, rather than fight each other.
This module aims to explain this period and to show how it was a “golden age” of tolerance and culture.