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**Spanish Language and Literature**


Spanish was spoken by Spanish Muslims, Christians, and Jews. The early Old Spanish period was represented by a few poems.Old Spanish traces back to 1100. Classical Old Spanish was spoken and written from 1250 to 1400. It is said that Old Spanish is traces back to 1100 but scholars believe that there is an older form of Spanish that existed. It was called Archaic Spanish, it was used from 900 to 1100. A few scholars believe there is an even older form of Spanish that was used from 400 to 900. A new form of poetry called clerecia emerged in the early 1200's. Spanish literature was from 900 to 1500. 


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 * “Spanish Language and Literature.” The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. William Chester Jordan. Vol. 4. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son’s, 1996. 90-94. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 8 Mar. 2010.