María Rosa Menocal
- Birth Date
- 4/9/1953 - 10/15/2012
- Birth Place
- Havana, Cuba
- Known For
- Writing
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.
