The Nasrid Sultanate of Granada and the Border (12th-15th Centuries)

Abstract

This article reviews the complexity of border relations between Castile and Granada during the 13th-15th centuries. After the birth of the Nasrid sultanate, a relationship that was at times contradictory and sometimes collaborative was aparently established between both worlds. The border, a space that is configured based on different realities that confront each other, was always perceived as a dynamic environment where violence became present, expressed especially by the “scourge” of captivity, but where, at the same time, peaceful bonds were established based on truces.