Abstract
This study analyses the effect the mid-fourteenth century war between Peter I and his half-brother Henry of Trastamara for the thrown of Castile and the resulting dynastic change had on the evolution of the Jewish question in the kingdom. The period from the middle of the thirteenth to the middle of the fourteenth century in Castile is characterized by an increase in anti-Jewish sentiment, as mirrored in the legal, doctrinal and mental spheres. The accession of the new Trastamara dynasty to the thrown did not produce a significant change in the legal approach towards the Jewish minority. However, the war and violent anti-Jewish riots associated with this conflict radicalized the feelings of animosity towards this minority and brought about the convergence of religious doctrinal anti-Judaism, an aristocratic anti-Jewish sentiment of a political nature, and a popular one fuelled by social and economic crisis.
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