Jews, Real and Imagined, at San Isidoro de León and Beyond
From the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, medieval León possessed a thriving Jewish community whose presence can be traced via archaeological and documentary remains. As regards the treasury of San Isidoro de León, however, there is no evidence for the involvement of living Jews with its luxury obj...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Medieval encounters
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 180-201 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
León
/ Jewish community
/ San Isidoro (León)
/ Treasury
/ Luxury goods
/ Jews
/ Participation
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CG Christianity and Politics KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBH Iberian Peninsula |
| Further subjects: | B
León
B synagogue of León B Jews B San Isidoro (León) B Toledo B Urraca B Relics B Textiles |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | From the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, medieval León possessed a thriving Jewish community whose presence can be traced via archaeological and documentary remains. As regards the treasury of San Isidoro de León, however, there is no evidence for the involvement of living Jews with its luxury objects—an involvement that has been documented in comparable centers elsewhere in Iberia and Europe. Apart from a possible but unproven relationship to its textiles, a Jewish connection to the Treasury of San Isidoro remains ideological and limited to the presence of Abraham's relics in a single treasury object. However, both living and ideological Jews can be associated with León's cathedral, where a portion of the Jewish community's annual taxes was earmarked to light its altars and where the sculptural program featured the blind synagogue. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340043 |