Summary: The Moriscos, that is to say, the Muslims who remained in Spain after the fall of Granada in 1492, can be said to have lived a double life. Forced to live publicly as Christians, the Moriscos attempted to follow the precepts of Islam in secret. In spite of their dismal circumstances and the deterioration of their socio-political situation in Christian Spain, some Moriscos—bolstered by their faith—maintained that the future would bring a triumphant deliverance. The belief in a future emancipation from the yoke of Christian dominance provided a propitious atmosphere for the production and circulation of several prophecies. These prophecies did not arise ex nihilo; they drew from a variety of sources, religious and secular, which furnished the basis of both their content and paradigm. Nevertheless, Morisco prophecies are unique because they not only borrowed elements from their own Islamic tradition but also tapped into and fully exploited Christian literary traditions. The prophecies, some written down by the Moriscos themselves, and others ascribed to them in Old Christian sources, are a manifestation of cross-cultural intertextuality at its best. The dissertation focuses on the impact of specific historical moments—the conquest of al-Andalus, the Reconquista , the rebellion of the Germanías in Valencia, the Alpujarran revolt of 1568–1570, and the final expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain in 1609—on the elaboration and circulation of certain politically-charged prophetic narratives among the Spanish crypto-Muslims. These prophecies acquire even more interest when we consider the counter prophecies produced by the Old Christians, who, for their part, foretold the submission of the Muslims and their eventual expulsion from Spanish soil. My research is for the most part a comparative study of Morisco and Old Christian prophecies. I explore the way these prophetic narratives are appropriated, censured and subverted by each group, Morisco and Christian, in order to attain opposing political ends. Beyond their historical and cultural value, these largely ignored writings straddle the realms of fact and fiction to raise important literary considerations of genre, influence and reception.