The Mediterranean in the 14th century

Editorial project

Fundación
José Manuel Lara

To commemorate the 6th centenary of the death of philosopher and historian Ibn Khaldun, in parallel with the Exhibition being held at Seville’s Real Alcázar Palace, the José Manuel Lara Foundation, in collaboration with the El Legado Andalusí Foundation (exhibition organisers), is extending its editorial catalogue with a range of different works that contemplate the vision and life of the Mediterranean and Seville in the 14th century, as well as of the man himself, Ibn Khaldun.

Exhibition Catalogue

“Ibn Khaldun. The Mediterranean in the 14th Century: the Rise and Fall of Empires”

Ibn Khaldun Exhibition Catalogue. Catalogue for the exhibition being held at the Real Alcázar Palace in Seville, taking in the historic studies and items on display. The catalogue is divided into two volumes and is the work of prestigious researchers.

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The Very Wise Man: Memoirs of a philosopher in love

The Very Wise Man: Memoirs of a philosopher in love. The Spanish edition of the novel by Bensálem Hímmich, recent winner of the “Naguib Mahfuz Prize 2002” and the "Prix du Grand Atlas Maroc 2000", is the best way to commemorate the sixth centenary of the death of Ibn Khaldun, the privileged witness of a turbulent period.

The Very Wise Man takes in the last decades of the life of this great medieval erudite, combining dialogue, descriptions of that fascinating world, and the vision that its own intellectuals had of it, using fragments of Ibn Khaldun’s own works, and of illustrious contemporaries such as traveller Ibn Batuta and Granada-born code-writer Ibn Al-Jatib.

Besides a spellbinding plot with love and journeys, readers will also find in its pages a fascinating look at the turbulent times of the 14th century on the shores of the Mediterranean – a credible picture, neither stereotyped nor shaped by the moulds of the traditional historical novel.

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Seville, 14th century

Seville, 14th century. To commemorate the 6th centenary of the death of the erudite Ibn Khaldun, the finest specialists on Seville in the Low Middle Ages propose this combined vision of that heartrending, passionate century, the 14th.

One of the largest, most densely populated cities in the West, a metropolis torn between its recent Islamic past and its new-found Christian stamp, one of the largest cities on the Iberian Peninsula, marked by churches, synagogues and mosques, a universe at its very peak, open to the turbulent world of the neighbouring Muslim kingdom of Granada, under the rule of the Nasrid dynasty.

The best specialists on Seville in the Lower Middle Ages look at its keys and its inexhaustible perspectives, proposing a trip back in time that explains many bases of today.

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Foundation website)http://www.fundacionjmlara.org/principal.html