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The Routledge Companion To Iberian Studies Takes An Important Place In The Scholarly Landscape By Bringing Together A Compelling Collection Of Essays That Reflect The Evolving Ways In Which Researchers Think And Write About The Iberian Peninsula. Features Include: A Comprehensive Approach To The Different Languages And Cultural Traditions Of The Iberian Peninsula; -- Five Chronological Sections Spanning The Period From The Middle Ages To The 21st Century; -- A State-of-the-art Account Of The Field, Reaffirming Iberian Studies As A Dynamic And Evolving Discipline With Promising Areas For Future Research; -- An Array Of Topics Of An Interdisciplinary Nature (history And Politics, Language And Literature, Cultural Studies And Visual Arts), Focusing On The Cultural Distinctiveness Of Iberian Traditions; -- New Perspectives And Avenues Of Inquiry That Aim To Promote A Comparative Mode Within Iberian Studies And Hispanism. The Fifty Authoritative, Original Essays Will Provide Readers With A Diverse Cross-section Of Texts That Will Enrich Their Knowledge Of Iberian Studies From An International Perspective -- Provided By Publisher.