Rêves de croisade contre les Sarrasins dans la Castille du XVe siècle (Alonso de Espina, Fortalitium Fidei)

Vision of a Crusade against the Saracens in fifteenth-century Castile : Alonso de Espina and his "Fortalitium Fidei" Alonso de Espina, a Franciscan friar and itinerant preacher, completed his "Fortalitium Fidei" around 1465. In this work he advocates a crusade against the Muslims within a « total war » against the four enemies of the Christian faith : heretics, Jews, Saracens and demons. Its importance lies not in its erudite inter-religious polemics, but in its practical conclusions : a crusade to liberate the Holy Land from the Saracens, the institution of an Inquisition against the "conversos", and the expulsion of all Jews from Spain. He recommends a step-by-step war, like the Spanish "Reconquista". Espina's call, however, failed to materialize

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• Los manuscritos latinos del Fortalitium fidei de Alfonso de Espina

  Open Access•Guillem Gavaldà Mestres•Anuario de Estudios Medievales•2023

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