Peste negra y judíos: una panorámica general acerca de la incidencia de la epidemia en el mundo judío occidental
This study examines the effect that the spread of the epidemic of the Black Death had on Jewish communities in different parts of western and central Europe and, more specifically, in the Iberian Peninsula. The epidemic was followed by a violent explosion of anti-Jewish sentiment which was, in gener...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) |
| Repositorio: | RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riull.ull.es:915/31486 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/31486 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | judíos siglo xiv peste negra injurias antijudías asaltos contra juderías literatura médica hispanohebrea crónicas hispanohebreas |
| Sumario: | This study examines the effect that the spread of the epidemic of the Black Death had on Jewish communities in different parts of western and central Europe and, more specifically, in the Iberian Peninsula. The epidemic was followed by a violent explosion of anti-Jewish sentiment which was, in general terms, the result of a climate of fear and aversion towards Jews and Judaism which had surfaced in European society since the second half of the twelfth century. Jews were accused of disseminating the disease, a claim which triggered violent attacks against the Jewish quarters of several towns, mainly in Germany, Switzer- land, and France. The only territory of the Iberian Peninsula where the persecution of the Jews in this historical context became seriously critical was Catalonia. In other sections, we will also analyze the interpretation of the Plague epidemic in medical literature and Hispanic-Hebrew chronicles. |
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