Language:
Russian
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Вестник Еврейского университета
Angaben zur Quelle:
30 (2008) 13-31
Keywords:
Visigoths History To 1500
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Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Jews Legal status, laws, etc.
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Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
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Antisemitism History To 1500
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Antisemitism History 7th century
Abstract:
From the enactment of the Visigothic Code (Liber Judiciorum) in the 6th century, with its 12th Book dealing solely with Jews, economic factors played an increasingly greater role in the anti-Jewish policies of the Visigothic kings. The laws of this period dealt with three types of people of Hebrew origin: Jews, false converts to Christianity, and sincere converts to Christianity. In an attempt to encourage the Jews to convert, and the Conversos to be sincere Christians, Visigothic law introduced various economic measures against Jews and "bad Conversos". They included the prohibition of possessing Christian slaves (denied even to Conversos), the prohibition of overseas trade, and the special Jewish poll-tax. From the rule of King Egica, a tendency emerged to make the conversion of the Jew and his being a sincere Christian remunerative. The Visigothic laws failed to bring an end to Jewish existence in the Iberian peninsula.
Note:
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