Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The following article examines the representation of the Jew in the tales compilation, El Conde Lucanor by Juan Manuel (1282-1348). I argue that this religious group is alluded to in several exempla, only recognizable by the professions attributed to them by European folklore: physicists, moneylenders, alchemists, and necromancers. Studying the out-group interactions under the mechanisms of re-fencing (Allport 1954) and extended contact hypothesis (Wright 1997), I will analyze the literary techniques used by Juan Manuel to portray these “Jewish” occupations in positive terms while silencing the protagonists’ religious affiliation as a means to minimize the growing popular animosity toward this group.
Source: De Medio Aevo
DOI: 10.5209/dmae.68092
Author: David Navarro
Institution: Texas State University
Language: Spanish
Topic: Medieval Iberian Studies
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3043388958