1st Edition
Jews and Converts in Late Medieval Castile Breaking with the Past
By Cecil Reid
Copyright 2021
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Jews and Converts in Late Medieval Castile examines the ways in which Jewish-Christian relations evolved in Castile, taking account of social, cultural, and religious factors that affected the two communities throughout the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
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Introduction 1
1 For the greatest good: Jews in the service of the King 14
2 Demand and supply: Jews and taxes in fourteenth-century Castile 55
3 Neighbours in a century of strife 87
4 The disruption of civil war: prelude to a tragedy 107
5 Portrayal and self-portrayal of the Jew in Castilian and Hebrew literature 127
6 Pathways to conversion 149
7 Identity and power: the rebellions of 1449 198
Conclusions 214
Biography
Cecil Reid completed his PhD in 2018 at Queen Mary, University of London. He was formerly a medical researcher and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Haematology at Imperial College, University of London.
