Jewish poetry from al-Andalus
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The golden age of Jewish poetry in Al-Andalus developed in the literary courts of the various taifas. Like its Arabic counterpart, its production diminished in the 12th century under the rule of the Almoravids and Almohads.[1] In the last part of the 10th century, Dunash ben Labrat revolutionized Jewish poetry in Al-Andalus[2] by bringing Arabic meter and monorhyme into Hebrew writing.[3] Jewish poets employed Arabic poetic themes, writing bacchic poetry, garden poetry, and love poetry.[4]