Traces racial discourse in 16^th and 17th-century literature in England and Spain. Weissbourd outlines trans-Iberian links between Spanish ideas of “pure blood” (limpieza de sangre) and English representations of Blackness and whiteness. The book considers racialized religious difference and argues that this context of the Atlantic slave trade is central to understanding race in early modern Spanish and English literature. Areas of study include purity of blood, slavery, drama, and Anglo-Iberian exchange.