Pedro the Cruel’s Jews

The 1390 slaughter of Barcelonan Jewry, natural disaster and ritual combat constitute today’s Libro verde items. The following bizarre anecdote from R Coltman Clephan’s excellent and ridiculously cheap The Mediaeval Tournament combines all three: In La Vie de Bertrand Du Guesclin is an account of a singular legal duel between Jews, named Daniot and Turquant,…