Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response, 1391-1392

✍ Scribed by Benjamin R. Gampel

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 391
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The most devastating attacks against the Jews of medieval Christian Europe took place during the riots that erupted, in 1391 and 1392, in the lands of Castile and Aragon. For ten horrific months, hundreds if not thousands of Jews were killed, numerous Jewish institutions destroyed, and many Jews forcibly converted to Christianity. Benjamin R. Gampel explores why the famed convivencia of medieval Iberian society - in which Christians, Muslims and Jews seemingly lived together in relative harmony - was conspicuously absent. Using extensive archival evidence, this critical volume explores the social, religious, political, and economic tensions at play in each affected town. The relationships, biographies and personal dispositions of the royal family are explored to understand why monarchic authority failed to protect the Jews during these violent months. Gampel's extensive study is essential for scholars and graduate students of medieval Iberian and Jewish history.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction “As If the Jews Had No Lord”
Part I “THE THINGS AS THEY HAPPENED” – HASDAI CRESCAS TO THE JEWS OF AVIGNON
Prologue The Kingdom of Castile
1 The City of Valencia
2 The Kingdom of Valencia
3 The Island of Majorca
4 Barcelona
5 Girona
6 Elsewhere in Catalonia
7 The Kingdom of Aragon
Epilogue
Part II “UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES OVER THE CITY . . . ” – PSALM 127:1
8 King Joan
9 Queen Iolant
10 Duke Marti (and the Duchess Maria)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index