Christians, Jews and Muslims from Frontier to Empire: Medieval Spanish Literature

Analysis of the interaction between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Spanish Peninsula from the establishment of Al-Andalus to the consolidation of the Spanish Empire. An analysis of this cultural period in light of the attention given (or not given) to it in contemporary historiography, either as an exemplary moment of religious tolerance or `convivencia,` or as early proof of what is now called `the clash of civilizations` or `clash of cultures.`