Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de Viseu

Viseu’s status as political, ecclesiastical and commercial centre acted as a factor of development and attraction of merchants and Jews. The first testimonies of the Hebraic presence in this city are from the late 13th century, whose commune prospered mainly from the early 15th century, at the time...

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Main Author: Anísio Miguel de Sousa Saraiva
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Published: Instituto de Estudos Medievais 2012-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/793
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description Viseu’s status as political, ecclesiastical and commercial centre acted as a factor of development and attraction of merchants and Jews. The first testimonies of the Hebraic presence in this city are from the late 13th century, whose commune prospered mainly from the early 15th century, at the time when Viseu initiated a major process of rebuilt, after three decades of conflict and destruction which characterized the Ferdinand Reign and the first years of D. João I’s government.In this paper we will approach the multi confessional profile of medieval Viseu and the jewish contribution to the construction of its urban and social space, in the period prior to the hebraic expulsion, in 1496. We will analyze the outline of this coexistence and collaboration process, though not always peaceful, between jews and the cathedral. The latter, as owner of the vast majority of the urban property of the city, rolled as an important liaison between christians and the jewish minority and played a strong influence in their mechanisms of spatial organization. From certain issues analyzed in this extent, we will stand out the delocalization of the Jewish District mostly due to the consequences of the relations of power and of the defense of Jewish and Christian’s interests in the context of the reorganization of the 15th’s urban network of Viseu.
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spelling doaj-art-7ca60fcc50f443b0af08ab740f18c38b2025-01-30T10:52:33ZdeuInstituto de Estudos MedievaisMedievalista1646-740X2012-01-011110.4000/medievalista.793Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de ViseuAnísio Miguel de Sousa SaraivaViseu’s status as political, ecclesiastical and commercial centre acted as a factor of development and attraction of merchants and Jews. The first testimonies of the Hebraic presence in this city are from the late 13th century, whose commune prospered mainly from the early 15th century, at the time when Viseu initiated a major process of rebuilt, after three decades of conflict and destruction which characterized the Ferdinand Reign and the first years of D. João I’s government.In this paper we will approach the multi confessional profile of medieval Viseu and the jewish contribution to the construction of its urban and social space, in the period prior to the hebraic expulsion, in 1496. We will analyze the outline of this coexistence and collaboration process, though not always peaceful, between jews and the cathedral. The latter, as owner of the vast majority of the urban property of the city, rolled as an important liaison between christians and the jewish minority and played a strong influence in their mechanisms of spatial organization. From certain issues analyzed in this extent, we will stand out the delocalization of the Jewish District mostly due to the consequences of the relations of power and of the defense of Jewish and Christian’s interests in the context of the reorganization of the 15th’s urban network of Viseu.https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/793Middle Agesurban historyViseujewscathedral
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Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de Viseu
Medievalista
Middle Ages
urban history
Viseu
jews
cathedral
title Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de Viseu
title_full Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de Viseu
title_fullStr Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de Viseu
title_full_unstemmed Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de Viseu
title_short Metamorfoses da cidade medieval. A coexistência entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de Viseu
title_sort metamorfoses da cidade medieval a coexistencia entre a comunidade judaica e a catedral de viseu
topic Middle Ages
urban history
Viseu
jews
cathedral
url https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/793
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