Dialogue and the City, circa 1400: Pero Ferruz and the Rabbis of Alcalá

Eleazar Gutwirth*

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Abstract

Within the problematics of history and representation, the court comes to the fore in various types of late medieval writings: chronicles, ambassadorial reports, decrees as well as literature in various genres. Yet how to read these texts is a question that affects the reconstruction of Jewish history of the period. Here an attempt is made to develop a way of reading such texts though examining an apparently minor poem by Pero Ferruz in the Cancionero de Baena. This poem, it is argued, reveals the items of interest in courtly dialogue: synagogues, Jewish privileges, legal status, theological discrepancies, but also consensus. The coherence of the text is constructed by appeal to the subject of the city and its rise in the late Middle Ages.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43-67
Number of pages25
JournalJewish History
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2007

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