The Jewish aljama of Segorbe in the Late Middle Age

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to gather the very scattered information -yet published concerning the Jewish aljama of Segorbe. We include also seven inedit records from the local archives. The hebrew text of a responsum of Rabbi Isaac ben Šešet Perfet, as well as the other documents (in catalan and aragonese) prove the existence of a Jewish community in Segorbe during the XIVth century, the economic and judicial relations between Jews, Christians and Moslems, the attitude of the Christians with regard to the conversos and other topics of the daily life of the local jews.