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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Does anyone have any information on Pedro de Alfonso--late 11th early 12th centuries ? He was Jewish but converted to Christianity in Huesca, Spain in 1106 and later went to England. Like many Jews who lived in Spain he probably had lived under the Arabs and knew Arabic as well as Hebrew and Ladino. As the reconquest progressed, life was not so bearable for Jews in Spain and Portugal so many went to England where they could live outwardly as Christians and secretly be Jews at home. Alfonso, however, went a step further and wrote Dialogus Petri et Moysi--an anti-Jewish polemic. I have only two sources: Baron, Salo Wittmayer, Social and Religious History of the Jews and, Williams, Adversus Judaeos, A Bird's Eye View of Christian Apologiae Until the Renaissance. A dissertation at USC by Allan Cutler has only a digest of these two sources. I would like more esoteric stuff if I could find it. Thanks for any help you can give. --V. K. Inman ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html