María Rosa Menocal
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 9, 1953
- Died
- October 15, 2012 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Havana, Cuba
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.
