Nuria de Castilla – A Moroccan International Library in Early Modern Period

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London

The library of the Saadian sultans, in Spain (San Lorenzo de El Escorial) from the beginning of the 17th century, is an invaluable source for the history of intellectual and cultural life in Morocco during the Saadian period. It also paves the way for a study of Morocco's relations with its close neighbours: the Ottomans…