Los judíos de La Almunia de Doña Godina, villa aragonesa de señorfo, en la segunda mitad del siglo XV

Abstract

The present study is devoted to the Jews who lived in La Almunia de Doña Godina, an Aragonese village of noble rank, from 1470 to 1492, in an attempt to present the reality of their everyday life, as shown in the available documents: the Jewish quarter: synagogue, hospital, graveyard, butchery and other city offices;- the aljama: administration, adelantados and clavarios, taxes, préstamos and comandas either due to or payable by the community or particulars; inner relations between the Jews and with the Christian community; Jewish families of the village; city boundaries within which they owned estate properties; and conclusions. The documentary evidence on which the current study is based are the notary deeds that are kept in the Archives of Protocolos Notariales of La Almunia de Doña Godina, particularly, and of Zaragoza and Calatayud, too.