The Conquest of Granada in Nineteenth-Century English and American Historiography

Abstract

What was the perception of the capture of Muslim Granada by the Catholic Kings in the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century, at a time when Spain present and past was being opened up to the English and to the American scholar and tourist? To what extent were those who related these events concerned with historical accuracy, and how much were their accounts coloured by other considerations, be they political, religious or nationalistic?