This project examines representations of conversion in the twelfth and thirteenth century romances, the Old French Floire et Blancheflor, Aucassin et Nicolette, and Flamenca. In these works, the figure of the convert is used to articulate and elaborate internal social concerns. The twelfth century was less a time of the rise of the individual than a time of the individual thought in relation to others. In this way, understanding the self depends both on the other to whom the self relates and the framing of that relation. These works position the native self in relation to the Saracen other,...