the Toledan rebellion. These were followed by more works challenging the doctrinal basis for the and its reformulation Sentencia-Estatuto, Instrucción del Relator including Mose Hamomo’s and expansion by Lope de Barrientos in Contra Algunos Çiçañadores de la Nación de los Barrientos ends the latter ends with a dig against own Convertidos del Pueblo de Israel. Mora’s heritage. After noting the multitude of of he suggests noblemen “descended Israelite lineage” that for those who blaspheme against them would be best for them to dig, sow, and harvest, “it and do that sort of work, just as their parents, grandparents and ancestors did rather than placing their sacrilegious excommunicated mouths on divine lineages...” Mora responded with his Referring to conversos as Apelación y Suplicación. “baptized he deployed the same arguments about their untrustworthiness and ancient enmity toward Jews” Old Christians that appeared in the and the Dismissing the papal Suplicación Sentencia-Estatuto. bulls as well as the various charges of transgressing against the authority Mora insists that king’s he is acting in accordance with a higher law. In regards to the digs made about his lineage he responded that before God the nobility of lineage is nothing more than debating which “debating rubbish pile has the best manure, for in terms of the human condition we are manure and ash...” Mora would not have the opportunity to present more arguments in his favor. He was put to death when Enrique took full control of Toledo in December 1449. Others did later take up the defense of the such as Alonso de Sentencia-Estatuto, Espina’s 1469 While the debates continued to be carried out on multiple fronts, a Foralitium fidei. fundamental concern was the effectiveness of conversion. The enshrined the Sentencia-Estatuto claim that conversion could no longer guarantee the transformation of essence from Jew to one’s Christian in law. In doing so it extended the foundation of that essence beyond religion and into what would become race.
the Toledan rebellion. These were followed by more works challenging the doctrinal basis for the Sentencia-Estatuto, including Mose Hamomo’s Instrucción del Relator and its reformulation and expansion by Lope de Barrientos in Contra Algunos Çiçañadores de la Nación de los Convertidos del Pueblo de Israel. Barrientos ends the latter ends with a dig against Mora’s own heritage. After noting the multitude of noblemen “descended of Israelite lineage” he suggests that for those who blaspheme against them “it would be best for them to dig, sow, and harvest, and do that sort of work, just as their parents, grandparents and ancestors did rather than placing their sacrilegious excommunicated mouths on divine lineages...” Mora responded with his Apelación y Suplicación. Referring to conversos as “baptized Jews” he deployed the same arguments about their untrustworthiness and ancient enmity toward Old Christians that appeared in the Suplicación and the Sentencia-Estatuto. Dismissing the papal bulls as well as the various charges of transgressing against the king’s authority Mora insists that he is acting in accordance with a higher law. In regards to the digs made about his lineage he responded that “debating before God the nobility of lineage is nothing more than debating which rubbish pile has the best manure, for in terms of the human condition we are manure and ash...” Mora would not have the opportunity to present more arguments in his favor. He was put to death when Enrique took full control of Toledo in December 1449. Others did later take up the defense of the Sentencia-Estatuto, such as Alonso de Espina’s 1469 Foralitium fidei. While the debates continued to be carried out on multiple fronts, a fundamental concern was the effectiveness of conversion. The Sentencia-Estatuto enshrined the claim that conversion could no longer guarantee the transformation of one’s essence from Jew to Christian in law. In doing so it extended the foundation of that essence beyond religion and into what would become race.
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