When the Moors Ruled in Europe

The documentary tells the history of Moorish Spain. Muslim rule lasted seven hundred years in Spain and Portugal. It began in the eighth century. It ended in the fifteenth. The historian Bettany Hughes presents the film. The shooting was done in Andalusia. Granada and Cordoba stand out in it. The Moroccan city of Fes is visited too. The Alhambra palace is walked through. The great mosque at Cordoba is shown. The city had hospitals and libraries. Work was done in astronomy and in medicine. That learning passed into Europe. The film ties it to the ground of the Renaissance. The documentary was made in two parts. Bettany Hughes narrates the one hundred two minute documentary. It is a British production Timothy Copestake finished in 2005.