[gothic-l] Re: Visigoths not "Booted Out"

[Ingemar Nordgren]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, James Young <daddio52 at s...> wrote:
>

> I've long had an admiration for Avaroes, a Spanish Islamic
philosopher of Berber descent. Now I wonder if the decentralized
nature of Visgothic Spain may have led to the freedom of thought and
science expressed in Avaroes' philosophy in the same way that the
Reformation led to the Age of Reason. And what about that "Avar" in
his name?

Dear Jim,

As other already  explanied Averoes was not a Goth. Concerning the
freedom of mind and thought this rather was gradually diminished under
the Goths,i.e. from  king Reccared's Catholic rule abanding Arianism,
until it almost ceased with the enslavement of the Jews in 702.Before
Reccared the old freedom and tolerance still flourished (even if I
know somebody who disagrees of course). The Moors hence won just in
force of their greater tolerance and openmindness.

Best
Ingemar



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