Jews and Muslims were interchangeable demonic figures in the medieval Christian imagination.

Evidence

Jews and Muslims played a central role in the medieval social imagination. For the average Christian, “[a] nti-Jewishness was a structural feature of late medieval society.” In plays depicting the Assumption, Jews were often portrayed as Satan or demons, in the same way that Muslims, especially Black Saracens, were represented, creating even more confusion in the minds of the medieval and Renaissance audiences. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 168

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the reader’s finding that the Muslim monster carried anxieties (demonic evil, blackness) projected from the pre-existing Jewish template.