Influencias judías en la literatura castellana medieval

Abstract

This article is devoted to certain Jewish influences on Castilian medieval literature. Firstly, a brief typology of Jewish influences on Spanish literature is exposed; afterwards, the autor focuses on some specific aspects, such as the diffusion of Jewish Castilian medieval literature among Christian readers, Jewish influences on the crusade song Ay, Iherusalem, and finally, the use of some features of semitic poetry in Christian poems and metrical patterns of Christian poetry in Jewish poems.