The Siete Partidas: Kingdom Of The Iberian Peninsula

The Siete Partidas was a medieval law code of the Kingdom of Castile in the Iberian Peninsula. The Romans, Visigoths, and the Catholic church influenced the code. This was a part of the Reconquista to establish Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula. The law code protected Jews and Muslims, oppressed them, and restricted their places of worship. Although the law was ultimately made to oppress the religious minorities of the Iberian Peninsula, it still gave these minorities protection. These protections included how Christians were not allowed to vandalize synagogues, put an animal in a synagogue, or loiter or hinder the synagogue in any way. Although Christians were actively against other religions in the Reconquista, they still had respect for other religions even if they were different. If someone were to
Many of the restrictions included things that related to the faith. There was no preaching/converting to Christians, Jews celebrating Good Friday would be brought before the king, and if found guilty they would be put to death. This denied Jews of a holiday and restricted their religion. To build a new synagogue under this law code, the Christian order had to approve it. Also rebuilt synagogues were the same dimensions as the previous synagogue. Christian People were not able to eat or drink with Jewish people, drink Jewish wine, and take Jewish medicine. Jewish People were oppressed because they were not able to freely socialize with people. Any Christian that converted to either Islam or Judaism was killed. That way Christians could control the growth of other religions. Jews also had to wear a mark so that it was easy to tell if they were a Jew or not. If a Muslim and a Christian Women had intercourse and was caught, then the Muslim man would be stoned to death. All of these are examples of how these religious minorities had their rights