Sobre los judíos del obispado de Málaga (1485-1492)

Abstract

RESUMEN: La politica seguida con las comunidades judias de Malaga y su territorio vario segun las circunstancias de la conquista. Hubo judios en las ciudades de Malaga y Velez Malaga, y en algunas aldeas dispersas por los montes. Un judio castellano, el interprete Israel, recaudo los impuestos que debian pagar los campesinos musulmanes y los repobladores cristianos. La expulsion de los judios en 1492. Algunos volvieron mas tarde y se bautizaron; entre ellos, el interprete Israel, que pasaria a llamarse Fernando de Sosa. ABSTRACT: The policy concerning the Jewries of Malaga and its territory changed according to the circumstances of the conquest. There were Jews in the towns of Malaga and Velez Malaga, and in some villages scattered over the mountains. A Castilian Jew, the dragoman Israel, collected the taxes that have to be paid by Moslem peasants and Christian settlers. The expulsion of the Jews in 1492. Some of them returned later and where baptized; among them, we have the taxcollector Israel, that became known as Fernando de Sosa.