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El Koran, tr. Rafael Cassinos Asaens, (Madrid 1951 [2nd printing 1973], Aguilar). This is full of pertinent notes using European sources and criteria, but never Islamic ones. The Prophet is even given as the author! Thus a new version is a prime need in Spanish (and Portuguese )
Almazin, Pascual, Un hereje v un musulman (Mexico City 1972, 3rd ed'n, Editorial Porrua‑1st ed'n 1870). A XIX‑century novel showing the usual Mexican and Spanish attitudes towards Islamic Life in Spain and Mexico.
Chinchilla Aguilar, Ernesto, La Inquisicion en Guatemala (Guatemala 1953, Editorial del Ministario de Educacion Publica). A detailed study of repressive Catholic activity in one Hispanic country of Central America.
Les, Henry Charles, The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies (New York 1922, Macmillan). A broad study of the suppression of Islam and Protestantism in the Spanish colonies.
The Moriscos of Spain (New York 1968, Greenwood‑reprint). The continuing disabilities and persecution suffered by the Muslims in Spain during the XVI and XVII centuries.
Mecham, J Lloyd, Church and State in Latin America (Chapel Hill, N. Car. 1934, Univ. North Carolina Press). As with Lea, above, forty years later this is still the best study of the subject in English today.
Medina, dose Toribio, Historia de la Inquisiefon en Cartagena de lax ladias (Santiago de Chile 1899, Elzevira). A study of the suppression of non‑Catholics in Colombia. Medina has studies like this on most South American countries.
Sanchez Albornoz, Claudio, La Espana musulmana (Buenos Aires, 1964, Ateneo; 2 vol.). Good documentation with maps and excellent illustrations; though incomplete, the best history in Spanish of the Islamic period in Spain.
Toro, Alfonso, La iglésia y el estado en Mexico (`Church and State in Mexico' ‑Mexico 1927, Archivos Generales de is Naci6n). A detailed study of relations between the Catholic church and the Mexican republic, where attempted control of ecclesiastical arrogance by the federal government has led to several civil wars.
Toussaint, Manuel, Arte mudejar en America (Mexico, D.F. 1946, Edit. Porria). A study of Spanish Arab art in Hispanic America. Needs updating and a better explanation for Islam itself; also perhaps a translation into English and Arabic. Fresher illustrations might be made, especially in colour.
Watt, W. Montgomery, Islamic Spain (Edinburgh 1965, University Press). By a notorious Christian critic of Islam. A Spanish edition also exists for this book.
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