The role of translation in medieval Spanish and Catalan literature

It would be presumptuous of me to try to delineate the role of translation in medieval Spain in such a brief essay as follows. That task is part of a future study in my ongoing research of different aspects of translation in the Middle Ages that, by its very nature, would entail some comparative studies of other European authors and their literary works. My purpose here, therefore, is to open some discussion on the methodology of studying translated works and to place importance on the role of translation in a literary history of Spai