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Elizabeth Drayson specialises in medieval and early modern Spanish literature and cultural history, and has a particular interest in the Arabic, Jewish, and Christian cultures of medieval and Golden Age Spain, as well as in the relationship between medieval literature, art and film. Her publications include the first translation and edition of Juan Ruiz's Libro de buen amor to appear in England (Everyman edition), as well as essays and articles on the Libro de buen amor, Berceo and the Poema de mio 脟id. She is the author of The King and the Whore: King Roderick and La Cava, The New Middle Ages series, (London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007) which charts the reception of the legend of Roderick, last Visigothic king of Spain. Elizabeth has published several articles on the legend in medieval and early modern chronicles and early art, as well as giving numerous conference papers on the subject. Her monograph, , Early Modern History series (Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013, paperback, 2016) evaluates the cultural status and importance of the polyvalent, ambiguous artefacts known as the lead books, which were discovered on a hillside in late sixteenth-century Granada and embody many of the dualities and paradoxes inherent in the racial and religious dilemmas of Early Modern Spain.
Her book (London: Profile Books, 2017) charts the life and times of Boabdil,听last Muslim king of Granada, and has been reviewed in The Times, Sunday Times and The Guardian. It was one of the Times and Sunday Times Best History books of 2017, and appeared in paperback, and also in Spanish translation, in 2018.
Elizabeth鈥檚 latest book, Lost Paradise: the story of Granada (London: Head of Zeus, 2021) is a history of the city of Granada from prehistoric times to the present.
In 2023 she edited the publication Europe鈥檚 Islamic Legacy: 1900 to the present: proceedings of the online conference hosted by the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 on 20 October 2020 (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023).
She is currently writing Crucible of Light: Islam and Europe in War and Peace 711AD to the present, a book about the nature of European identity which charts the complex relationships between Christians and Muslims in Europe from earliest times and reveals the continent to be a hybrid place formed of both Christian and Islamic heritages.听Crucible of Light will be published by Picador in 2025.
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- History of Muslims and Christians in Europe
- Medieval and early modern Spanish culture in visual art and film
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Newton Trust CTO research leave award to research and write the story of Boabdil, last Muslim sultan of Granada.
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Selected publications:
Lost Paradise: the story of Granada (London: Head of Zeus, 2021). Reviewed in Daily Mail Online at听听and the TLS at听
The Times, Sunday Times and The Guardian.
The Lead Books of Granada, Early Modern History: Society听and Culture series (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave听MacMillan, 2013).
The King and the Whore: King Roderick and La Cava, The听New Middle Ages series (New York and Basingstoke:听Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). Shortlisted for the听La Cor贸nica book prize 2008.
The Book of Good Love, Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita, new English translation and critical introduction, notes and bibliography, Everyman Paperbacks, (London: Orion, 1999).
Selected recent articles and essays:
鈥楾rickery and truth: Spain鈥檚 Achilles heel in the time of Cervantes鈥� in Cervantes 鈥� Shakespeare 1616 鈥� 2016: Contexto. Influencia. Relaci贸n,eds. Jos茅 Manuel Gonz谩lez, Jos茅 Mar铆a Ferri and Mar铆a del Carmen Irles (Kassel: Ediciones Reichenberger, 2017), pp. 263 鈥� 278.听
鈥樷�淐omo pella a las due帽as, tomelo quien podiere鈥�:听anacronismo y representaci贸n en las adaptaciones听cinematogr谩ficas del Libro de buen amor dirigidas por Tom谩s听Aznar y Jaime Bayarri鈥�, Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita, y el听鈥淟ibro de buen amor鈥�: congreso homenaje a Alberto Blecua听(Alcal谩 la Real: Ayuntamiento, 2014), pp. 63-72.
鈥楻einventing the legend of King Roderick: Gertrudis G贸mez de Avellaneda鈥檚 Egilona鈥�, Romance Studies, Vol. 32 No. 4, November 2014, pp. 259鈥�68.
鈥楶ossible sources for the Introduction to Berceo鈥檚 Milagros de 苍耻别蝉迟谤补厂别帽辞谤补鈥�, repr. in Classical and Medieval Literary Criticism, Vol. 鈥楤erceo鈥�,(Columbia, South Carolina: Layman Poupard Publishing).
鈥楩rom Text to Image and Film: two visual recreations of Lazarillo de Tormes by Francisco Goya and Fernando Fern谩n G贸mez鈥� in Literature and Interarts: Critical essays, ed. Inmaculada Medina Barco (Universidad de la Rioja, 2013), pp. 145 鈥� 162.
鈥楧el texto medieval a la gran pantalla: El Cid entre historia y leyenda鈥�,F谩bula: Revista literaria de la Universidad de la Rioja, 31, Oto帽o-Invierno 2011, pp. 58-62.
鈥楾he Latin commentary tradition and Stanza 70 of the Libro de buen amor:听notes on a possible source鈥�, La Cor贸nica, Vol.听38.2, Spring 2010, pp. 27 鈥� 41.
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