Santiago’s Order trials. The trial of the Sephardic Jew Judah Malaguí and Don Alonso de Ercilla, author of "La Araucana" (Madrid, 1590)
Abstract
Come about by chance within the documents of the Orders’ Council, a trial followed to Alonso de Ercilla, author of La Araucana has been preserved. In 1590 a merchant from Tetuán of Sephardic origin, Judah Malaguí, travelled Castile dealing with luxury products for members of the nobility; the ownership of an expensive ring with a delicately carved stone resulted in a civil action, in which Alonso took part as a witness for both parties.Downloads
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