Power, Race, and Religion in Iberia and Beyond

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This seminar studies the centuries-old interactions of Christian Iberians with Jews, Muslims, and Africans, which shaped and influenced the relationships between the two first modern global powers, Spain and Portugal, and the peoples they conquered and colonized. Through the examination of both literary and historiographical texts, this course analyzes the ways in which the contact between Christian Iberians and their religious, cultural, and ethnic minorities set the example for the imperial projects of other Christian Europeans and determined attitudes toward difference in the modern world.