Constructing an Identity: Castile in the XIIIth and XIVth Centuries

Abstract

This short essay examines the factors that led to the construction of a national identity in mid-thirteenth century Castile. Although there are many different reasons for the emergence of a sense of regional identity, this essay examines those issues of territoriality, textual production, and religion that contributed to the emergence of a Castilian identity in the late middle Ages, as well as the nature