Agenda

La disputa de Barcelona

Book presentation

Thursday, May 2,

Museu d'Història dels Jueus

In July 1263, the Dispute of Barcelona takes place between the Jewish convert, Pau Cristià, of the Dominican order, and the prestigious rabbi of Girona, Moshe ben Nahman, also known as Nahmanides. Ordered and presided over by Jaume I, who acts under the coercion of Ramon de Penyafort, executor of the papal policy of intolerance towards the Jews, the dispute aims only to show the moral superiority of Christianity and to force the conversion of the rabbi and all the Jews of Catalonia

Josep M. Quintana faithfully exposes this real fact and delves into fiction to show how, in a subtle way, Ramon de Penyafort acts on the conscience of the monarch. Thus, the dispute surrounds a series of events of a criminal nature which, with a plot full of intrigue, explain the attitude of a feudal society, deeply anti-Semitic, which struggles to assert its privileges.

The presentation will be given by the writer Antoni Puigverd and the author Josep M. Quintana.

Free assistance. Prior registration is recommended.
Catalan language.

Organized by: Patronat Call de Girona and Pagès Editors