Anàlisi de l'estructura del jurament de les malediccions dels jueus catalans: usatge 171

Abstract

At the end of the Usatges de Barcelona, the legal compilation of Catalonia, there is the solemn oath of the Jews, titled Hec est forma, the so called oath of the curses: Initially used in court proceedings between Christians and Jews of the community in Barcelona and their collecta, from 1241 it became compulsory for all Jews under the suzerainty of the Catalan monarchs. This legal text stands out for both its length and the repetitive manner in which its contents are formulated, with which it is formulated. Both of these features, along with its distinctly anti-Jewish character, have not gone unnoticed by historians of medieval Judaism. However, unlike previous analyses, in this paper we approach this legal document from a literary point of view to establish its internal structure and to understand better, and across this one, the genesis and purpose of the text.