Language:
French
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Annales du Midi; revue de la France méridionale
Angaben zur Quelle:
255 (2006) 369-385
Keywords:
Jews
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Jews Legal status, laws, etc.
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Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
Abstract:
In some Catalonian cities, medieval customary laws do not mention Jews and Muslims, and in Lleida, Perpignan, Barcelona, and Tortosa laws vary with regard to them. Argues that the more recent the Christian conquest of a city, the more lenient the laws toward these minorities. Whereas customary laws were rather tolerant toward Jews and Muslims in Lleida and Tortosa, which were conquered almost at the same time, customs in Perpignan and Barcelona were clearly hostile toward the Jews; in Perpignan the Jews had no privileges over Christians. Deals mostly with customs in Tortosa, where citizenship was explicitly extended to Jews and Muslims. Concludes that customary law protected Jews and Muslims, though they were placed at a disadvantage and considered inferior in places, and Jews were humiliated more often than Muslims as a result of Christian anti-Judaism.
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