{"id":12531,"date":"2016-01-10T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T15:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=12531"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:03:34","slug":"when-the-moors-ruled-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=12531","title":{"rendered":"When the Moors Ruled in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_67766\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8DhfBkBZNI8?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;hl=pt_PT&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>As part of the Channel 4&#8217;s Hidden Civilisation season exploring Islam&#8217;s rich and significant contribution to western art and culture, historian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettanyhughes.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bettany Hughes<\/a> traces the story of the mysterious and misunderstood Moors, the Islamic society that ruled in Spain for 700 years, but whose legacy was virtually erased from Western history.<\/p>\n<p>In 711 AD, a tribe of newly converted Muslims from North Africa crossed the straits of Gibraltar and invaded Spain. Known as The Moors, they went on to build a rich and powerful society. Its capital, Cordoba, was the largest and most civilised city in Europe, with hospitals, libraries and a public infrastructure light years ahead of anything in England at the time. Amongst the many things that were introduced to Europe by Muslims at this time were: a huge body of classical Greek texts that had been lost to the rest of Europe for centuries; mathematics and the numbers we use today; advanced astronomy and medical practices; fine dining; the concept of romantic love; paper; deodorant; and even erection creams. This wasn&#8217;t the rigid, fundamentalist Islam of some people&#8217;s imaginations, but a progressive, sensuous and intellectually curious culture. But when the society collapsed, Spain was fanatically re-Christianised; almost every trace of seven centuries of Islamic rule was ruthlessly removed. It is only now, six centuries later, that The Moors&#8217; influences on European life and culture are finally beginning to be fully understood.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"r\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docuwiki.net\/index.php?title=When_the_Moors_Ruled_Europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When the Moors Ruled Europe &#8211; DocuWiki<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"r\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180313093948\/http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/the-ancient-world-with-bettany-hughes\/episode-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes &#8211; Channel 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Channel 4&#8217;s Hidden Civilisation season exploring Islam&#8217;s rich and significant contribution to western art and culture, historian Bettany Hughes traces the story of the mysterious and misunderstood Moors, the Islamic&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410,4,3,7],"tags":[421,9,200],"series":[],"class_list":["post-12531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1001-inventions","category-ciencia-e-tecnologia","category-matematica","category-video","tag-ciencia","tag-historia-da-matematica","tag-video-2"],"views":2003,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WhenTheMoorsRuledInEurope.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27977,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12531\/revisions\/27977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12531"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=12531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}