Abstract
One theme uniting the work of Antonio Enriquez Gomez (1600-1663), a Spanish Marrano who resided in France for many years, was his search for justice— personal, earthly and divine. By examining two of his plays and two treatises, above all the comically sardonic Inquisicion de Lucifer y Visita de todos los diablos (n.d.), a text recently discovered in Amsterdam, it is possible to see that this author bases his thesis, in part, on two geographical locations: «Peralvillo», which symbolizes the miscarriage of earthly justice, and «el valle de Josafa», where divine justice will prevail.
Highlights
Even though it is clear that Enriquez Gómez knew some Hebrew words, such as those included in a satirical poem, «Romancillo», written in France and targetting the Inquisition and its informers, and even though it is clear that he was acquainted with Jewish prayers, perhaps in Spanish translation, the extent of his knowledge is not known
DOUBLET (1979:3435) lists a number of early Bibles -Catholic, Protestant and Jewish- which are contained in the Municipal Library of Rouen, the city in which Enriquez Gómez lived at the time he wrote Luis dado de Dios
2"* In a mock series of offenses against the faith -«mataba al gallo si cantaba a las diez, echaba cenizas al perro si aulaba en la calle»- committed by a Judaizer in Inquisición de Lucifer, one encounters accusations involving burial rites leveled by the Holy Office at its suspect population: «se mandaba lavar después de muerto y mandaba enterrarse en tierra virgen, ponía camisa nueva a los difuntos» (ENRÍQUEZ GÓMEZ 1992)
Summary
Even though it is clear that Enriquez Gómez knew some Hebrew words, such as those included in a satirical poem, «Romancillo», written in France and targetting the Inquisition and its informers, and even though it is clear that he was acquainted with Jewish prayers, perhaps in Spanish translation, the extent of his knowledge is not known. DOUBLET (1979:3435) lists a number of early Bibles -Catholic, Protestant and Jewish- which are contained in the Municipal Library of Rouen, the city in which Enriquez Gómez lived at the time he wrote Luis dado de Dios.
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