[Gocamino] Fw: Re: Matajudios????

[Bridget Highfill]

Thanks for the book recommendation, Linda.  I would also like to recommend The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal.  She does not go into detail about the reasons for the persecutions by the Catholic Monarchs, but it is a wonderful book about multicultural Spain.
And, People of the Book byGeraldine Brooks is a well researched, fictionalized account of the Sarajevo Haggadah that discusses Spain in some detail.
Happy reading to all of us medieval buffs.
Bridget  

--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Linda McInnis <mrfsealah at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Linda McInnis <mrfsealah at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Matajudios????
To: "robert ward" <robtward99 at yahoo.ca>, "Ultreya" <ultreya at yahoogroups.com>, gocamino at oakapple.net, "Glenn Jilek" <guha2005 at hotmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:03 PM

For an excellent history of this period, I highly recommend "The Dogs of 
God" by James Reston, Jr.  You'll never think of 1492 the same way. 
Spain 
once had a culture where Christians, Muslims and Jews lived in probably the 
most harmonious society that ever was before or has been since.  What 
happened?  Read the book!

Linda in Colorado

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From: "robert ward" <robtward99 at yahoo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:13 PM
To: "Ultreya" <ultreya at yahoogroups.com>;
<gocamino at oakapple.net>; "Glenn 
Jilek" <guha2005 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Matajudios????

> According to a local history published under the auspices of the town 
> council of Castrojeriz, the origins of the name "Castrillo de
Matajudios" 
> go back to the 12th century, when 60 Jews of the Castrojeriz Jewish 
> quarter were slaughtered by their fellow citizens for reasons unexplained.

> The remainder were obliged to leave the town and resettle in Castrillo. A 
> premonition of greater dislocations to come.
>
>
>
 

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