Language:
English
Year of publication:
1994
Titel der Quelle:
Europe at the Close of the 20th Century
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1994) 53-69
Keywords:
Ẓaddik, Joseph ben Jacob Ibn,
;
Abraham ben Solomon,
;
Ibn Verga, Solomon,
;
Antisemitism History To 1500
Abstract:
Examines medieval Hebrew chronicles relating the history of the Jews in Spain (in particular, "Shevet Yehudah" by Solomon ibn Verga), and summarizes their various references to the anti-Judaism in Spanish society. Notes the rejection of the Jews due to intolerance, especially among the social elites, and envy on the part of the general populace. Anti-Jewish attitudes, based on stereotypes, led to blood libels, religious disputations, attacks on Jewish quarters, and forced conversions. Jewish historiography of the time deals with the theme of inter-ethnic relations, and illuminates the present-day Jewish understanding of antisemitism in medieval Spain. States that European neo-fascism today also reflects intolerance based on ignorance.
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