Abstract
Historical fiction has been a boom genre in Spanish publishing for many years. One of the most popular periods represented in such novels is the late medieval period, that is, the later centuries of the Christian Reconquest leading up to the momentous events of 1492. The attraction that this period holds for Spanish writers of historical novels has been attributed by critics to a fascination with convivencia, the often idealized coexistence of three religious and ethnic groups – Christian, Muslim and Jewish – whether in the Christian kingdoms of the Peninsula or the Muslim-ruled al-Andalus. Historical fiction often tells us more about the present than the past, revealing the historical background of present-day conflicts, for example, or hinting at parallels between past and present. Within such a framework, this essay explores the intersection between the preoccupations of contemporary Spain and the work of one author of such historical fiction, Cesar Vidal.
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