A Companion to Don Juan Manuel

This volume offers a rigorous and up-to-date collection of studies of Don Juan Manuel’s life, works, and cultural impact, the first in nearly 50 years. Alongside a comprehensive overview of key debates in Juan Manuel studies, including issues of authorship, manuscript transmission, Latin and Semitic sources, and Alfonso X’s legacy, the essays use a range of contemporary theoretical and disciplinary methods to shed new light on his corpus. Bringing together distinguished scholars and new voi...