As Actor
The Ornament of the World
2019
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María Rosa Menocal
Acting
Birth date
April 9, 1953
Birth place
Havana, Cuba
Death date
October 15, 2012
Biography
María Rosa Menocal was a Cuban-born scholar of medieval culture and history and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2002 Menocal wrote the book The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain, which has been translated into many languages. Menocal died of melanoma in 2012.
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