O Islam na Península Ibérica medieval

apagamentos de sua importância civilizacional em livros didáticos de História

Abstract

This article is a reflection on a doctoral research project with a thesis already defended that deals with the discourses on Arabs and Muslims in History textbooks of a specific educational institution. It aims to present the analysis of the chapter entitled Origins of the Islamic World present in the 7th grade History textbook, highlighting the passages referring to the presence of Islam in the world, its expansion during the Middle Ages and especially its permanence in regions of the Iberian Peninsula from the 8th to the 15th century, observing whether the historical importance of Islamic civilization as well as whether the cultural, economic and political exchanges in this context were addressed and in what way. The methodology consists of discursive and iconographic analysis of the chapter, based on bibliographic research from a decolonial and critical perspective. As a result, we found that social exchanges were not addressed, given that the contexts were treated in a hermetic way, without dialogue with others, and that the importance of Islam for the world is not brought up, being discussed in a fragmented way and reduced to personalities, knowledge and inventions devoid of their historical and universal relevance as a civilization.