This course addresses the variety of representations of death, sickness, and crime (including representations of burials, tombs, last judgment, tortures, mortal illnesses, suicide, medical care, and plagues). Iconography will be used together with legal, historical and literary sources. The goal of the course will be to understand better how these different sources interact, complement and sometimes even contradict each other. The course mainly focuses on Medieval Spain and examines representations and texts from England and Italy as well. However, students can conduct research on any area of their interest.