Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources

For some historians, medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross—cultural fertilization; others have sketched a harsher picture of Muslims and Christians engaged in an ongoing contest for political, religious, and economic advantage culminating in the fall of Muslim Granada and the expulsion of the Jews in the late fifteenth century. The reality that emerges in Medieval Iberia is more nuanced than either of these scenarios can comprehend. Now in an expanded, se...