Language:
Spanish
Year of publication:
1994
Titel der Quelle:
Miscelánea de Estudios Árabes y Hebraicos; Fasc. 2: Filologia Hebraica, Biblia y judaismo
Angaben zur Quelle:
43,2 (1994) 49-81
Keywords:
Alfonso
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Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Antisemitism History To 1500
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Judaism Relations Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Christianity
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Christianity and other religions Judaism To 1500
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History
Abstract:
Analyzes the "ideal of tolerance" toward the Jews, especially in Castile. Contends that Christian-Jewish relations were based on discrimination and defenselessness. Earlier in the medieval period, as a result of economic requirements, Jews were treated with leniency. However, in the 14th and 15th centuries restrictions were put into practice. The defenselessness of the Jews vis-à-vis both the monarchy and the people was blatant. Nationalist fervor led to forced conversions of Jews, but that caused the rise of a racial prejudice which was linked to religious prejudices, which then focused on suspicions of heresy. This "modern" antisemitism finally led to the Inquisition tribunals for Crypto-Jews and to expulsions of Jews. Emphasizes that one should not believe in the myth of a golden age of coexistence between the Christians and Jews in Spain.
Note:
Appeared in English as "Tolerance and intolerance in the Christian kingdoms of mediaeval Spain; the case of the Jews" in "Europe at the Close of the 20th Century" (1994) 93-114.
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