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This art icle was downloaded by SJ Pearce On May At Publisher Rout ledge I nform a Lt d Regist ered in England and Wales Regist ered Num ber Regist ered o ?ce Mort im er House - Mort im er St reet London W T JH UK Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies Publicat ion det ails including inst ruct ions for aut hors and subscript ion informat ion ht t p www t andfonline com loi ribs Alexander and the Almohads telling the stories of antiquity before and after Las Navas S J Pearce a a Depart ment of Spanish and Port uguese New York Universit y New York USA Available online May To cite this article S J Pearce Alexander and t he Almohads t elling t he st ories of ant iquit y before and aft er Las Navas Journal of Medieval Iberian St udies - To link to this article ht t p dx doi org PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTI CLE Full t erm s and condit ions of use ht t p www t andfonline com page t erm s- andcon dit ion s This art icle m ay be used for research t eaching and privat e st udy purposes Any substantial or system atic reproduction redistribution reselling loan sub- licensing syst em at ic supply or dist ribut ion in any form t o anyone is expressly forbidden The publisher does not give any warrant y express or im plied or m ake any represent at ion t hat t he cont ent s will be com plet e or accurat e or up t o dat e The accuracy of any instructions form ulae and drug doses should be independently veri ?ed with prim ary sources The publisher shall not be liable for any loss act ions claim s proceedings dem and or costs or dam ages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this m aterial CDownloaded by SJ Pearce at May Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies Vol No March ?? Alexander and the Almohads telling the stories of antiquity before and after Las Navas S J Pearce Department of Spanish and Portuguese New York University New York USA In this essay I examine the extent to which the narration of versions of the life of Alexander the Great were responsive to the battle at Las Navas de Tolosa and the ways in which subsequent generations of writers used those romances to explore the battle and its consequences With particular reference to two codices containing strikingly similar collections of texts relating both to the life of Alexander the Great and to the rise of the Almohad Empire I describe the persistence of Alexander romances in the construction of memory and note the similar ways in which later Jewish and Christian historians used them to re ect upon the battle at Las Navas de Tolosa and its religious and political