Primary Sources

Constable, Olivia Remie, Medieval Iberia, Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources (Philadelphia, 1997), 47, ‘The Legal Status of Jews and Muslims in Castile’, pp. 269-275.

Core readings
Fuch, B, Exotic Nation: Maurophilia and the Construction of Early Modern Spain, introduction and chapter one (Philadelphia, 2001) (E book available)

Glick, Thomas, F., and Orio Pi-Sunyer, 'Acculturation as an explanatory concept in Spanish History', Comparatice Studeis in Society and History, 11:2 (1969): 136-54.
Soifer, Maya, ‘Beyond convivencia: critical reflections on the historiography of interfaith relations in Christian Spain, Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2009, pp. 19–35.
Said, E., Orientalism Reconsidered, Cultural Critiques, 1 (1985), pp. 89-107

Further Reading

Mann, Vivian B., Glick, Thomas F., Dodds, Jerrilyn D., eds, Convivencia, Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Medieval Spain (New York, 1992).

Amelang, James, Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain (Louisiana, 2013), Introduction, Parallel Histories; 1, The Decline of Coexistence; 9. Creating Conversos 1391-1492 (recommended but e off print not available!)

Harris, K., From Muslim to Christian Granada: Inventing a City's Past in Early Modern Spain (Baltimore, 2007).

Fernández-Morera, Darío, The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain (Wilmington, 2016), Chapter 3, ‘The Daily Realities of Al-Andalus’, pp. 83-118.

Said, E. Orientalism (London, 1978 - new editions available)

Key Questions
• Where does the term convivencia come from?
• What are its merits and limitations of the notion of convivencia for understanding Iberian society in our period?
• Where relationships between different faith groups characterised more by violence or peace?

• What is orientalism? What role has it played in Spanish history?

Historiographical theme: the politics of historiography

See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REljGDVQJDs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVC8EYd_Z_g