Alhambra Decree Essay

“Alhambra Decree.” Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, 31 Mar. 1492. The Alhambra Decree was issued by Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1492 months after the Catholic monarchs exiled Boabdil. The decree is notorious for its expulsion of the Jewish and Muslim inhabitants in Spain should they refuse to convert to Christianity. As this paper relates to the interaction between the Christian north and the Muslim south in Iberia, it would be irresponsible to not include the disastrous edict that would foster brutality and religious intolerance across Spain for years, perhaps even leading to the monolithic Catholic Spain Francisco Franco would try to impose in the twentieth century. The decree must also be studied as it occurs merely months after the fall of Nasrid Granada.

Baeza, Hernando d., and Sociedad de Bibliófilos Españoles. Relaciones de Algunos Sucesos de Los Últimos Tiempos Del Reino De Granada, 1868. As a former interpreter for the Nasrid ruler, Baeza resided in the Alhambra for the last four years of the war before Ferdinand and Isabella seized Granada. Given his close proximity to the Nasrid royalty during the war, his account is invaluable in order to

P. Chronicling the Fall of Nasrid Granada: Kitab Nubdhat Al-Iasr Fi Akhbar Muluk Bani Nasr. Department of Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, 1996. As one of the few primary Arabic sources pertaining to the Nasrid dynasty, Harvey’s compilation of sources on the Nasrid reign across Andalusia contains perhaps the most valuable: Nubdhat. Although the author of the source remains unknown, Nubdhat is vital when constructing a portrait of the fall of Granada, as it is the only known Arabic source revolving around the event. Giving the inundation of sources from the Christian or otherwise Reconquista-aligned perspective, this source will be used in an effort to build a more robust comprehension of the events that culminated into the contact and conflict intrinsic to