Paul de Burgos et Profiat Duran déchiffrent 1391

Abstract

Based on texts written at the time of the pogroms and forced conversions of 1391, the author intends to shed light on the meaning attributed to these events by both those who chose to convert, such as Paul of Burgos, and those who chose to remain Jews, such as Profiat Duran. This study also enables us to review the persecutions which Jews throughout Europe were subjected to during the Middle Ages. Paul of Burgos and Profiat Duran alike tried to place the Spanish events of 1391 in a long-term historical movement to which they strove to give meaning.

Keywords

• 1391
• Paul of Burgos
• Paul of Santa María
• Profiat Duran
• messianism
• conversion