Hispanic-Jewish homes in the 15th century: words, images and feelings

Keywords: Spanish-Jewish, Sephardic, house, home, 15th century, feeling
Agencies: Este texto se enmarca en el proyecto I D i Las cosas por su nombre: (Re)construir la casa con palabras e imágenes, siglos XV y XVI. PID2022-136565NB-I00. IP: María Elena Díez Jorge; co-Ip: Ana Aranda Bernal. Financiado por MCIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 y por FEDER, UE

Abstract

The Hispanic-Jewish house and home have never been understood as different realities in a medieval Hispania where cultural boundaries were apparently mere mental lines. However, there are differences much deeper than the architectural epidermis, derived from the experience of space and religious projections on it. Often these are feelings deposited in the objects that we can only recover from the analysis of texts and images, in an interdisciplinary way between history, philology and art history. We lack direct testimonies, but it is still possible to eradicate forever the idea of uniform dwellings without cultural personality.

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Published
2026-01-26
How to Cite
Espinosa Villegas, Miguel Ángel. 2026. “Hispanic-Jewish Homes in the 15th Century: Words, Images and Feelings”. De Medio Aevo 15 (1): e15084. https://doi.org/10.5209/dmae.105084.