The Moors: When Blacks Ruled Europe (video)

Bettany Hughes; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Bettany Hughes: Historian, author, BBC broadcaster (bettanyhughes.co.uk)

When the Moors Ruled in Europe -- Real Black History Revealed by Bettany Hughes

We were rulers now mocked

Bettany Hughes tears the lid off Eurocentric racism to reveal Europe's black past. Africans once ruled the Continent, a history that has been erased and denied for centuries. What really motivated the Spanish Inquisition? What has the Holy Roman Empire and its "Holy Roman Church" (of imperial, universal Catholicism) been trying to conceal?

When the Moors Ruled in Europe is a documentary film presented by the British historian Bettany Hughes.

I love black until you teach me not to.

It is a two-part series about the contribution the Moors made to Europe during their 700-year reign in Spain and Portugal ending in the 15th century. The era ended with the Reconquista during which Catholic Church authorities burned over 1,000,000 Arabic texts. Filmed in the Spanish region of Andalusia, mostly in the cities of Granada, Cordoba, and the Moroccan city of Fes. First broadcast on England's Ch. 4 on Nov. 5, 2005.

EDITED COMMENTS

(HausOfAdonis) Are racists in denial? Even in view of facts, artworks, and literature all saying that these were black people? The word "Moor" means black...

(Chalmer79) It's crazy how people can have proof and facts right in front of them, and they still argue facts. But when asked to believe something that is completely fictional, with no proof whatsoever [that they accept without arguing. A pleasant lie is much easier to accept than a painful truth.] And while we are busy fighting over race, the super-rich turn us against each other to further their own agenda behind closed doors with nobody paying attention to them.