Enslaved christians, jewish owners in visigothic hagiography, theology and law
Abstract: The Iberian Passio Mantii is a rare case of a late antique martyrdom account in which the protagonist, Mantius, is described as the Christian slave of Jewish owners who persecute him to death for not converting to Judaism. This unusual hagiographical text chimes with extensive legislatio...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Historia de España
2023
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| Sumario: | Abstract: The Iberian Passio Mantii is a rare case of a late antique martyrdom account in which the protagonist,
Mantius, is described as the Christian slave of Jewish owners who persecute him to death for not
converting to Judaism. This unusual hagiographical text chimes with extensive legislation produced
in Visigothic Iberia on the very question of Jewish ownership of Christian slaves. Placing these
sources together and exploring their theological background allows us first to understand better the
changes Visigothic legislators made to a long legal tradition of prohibiting both the conversion and
ownership of Christian slaves by Jews. But it also allows us to go beyond the assumption that the
sources reflect an active social practice and ask whether interest in Jews exercising power over
Christians was part of the development of a discourse of Jewish danger that was itself fundamental
to the elaboration of more clearly defined religious identities in the seventh century. |
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