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Petrus Alfonsi

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Petrus Alfonsi was a Jewish Spanish physician, writer, astronomer, and polemicist, who converted to Christianity in 1106. He is also known just as Alphonsi, and as Pedro Alfonso, Peter Alfonsi or Peter Alphonse. Born in Islamic Spain, he mostly lived in England and France after his conversion.

He was born at an unknown date and place in the 11th century in Spain, and educated in al-Andalus, or Islamic Spain. As he describes himself, he was baptised at Huesca, capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, on St. Peter's Day, 29 June 1106, when he was probably approaching middle age; this is the first clear date we have in his biography. In honor of the saint Peter, and of his royal patron and godfather, the Aragonese King Alfonso I he took the name of Petrus Alfonsi .

By 1116 at the latest he had emigrated to England, where he seems to have remained some years, before moving to northern France. The date of his death is as unclear as that of his birth. He was famous as a writer during his lifetime, and remained so for the rest of the Middle Ages, with over 160 surviving medieval manuscripts containing works of his. The most common are his Dialogi contra Iudaeos , an imaginary conversation between a Jew and a Christian, and Disciplina Clericalis , in fact a collection of Eastern fables.

Petrus Alfonsi

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Petrus Alfonsi was a Jewish Spanish physician, writer, astronomer, and polemicist, who converted to Christianity in 1106. He is also known just as Alphonsi, and as Pedro Alfonso, Peter Alfonsi or Peter Alphonse. Born in Islamic Spain, he mostly lived in England and France after his conversion.

He was born at an unknown date and place in the 11th century in Spain, and educated in al-Andalus, or Islamic Spain. As he describes himself, he was baptised at Huesca, capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, on St. Peter's Day, 29 June 1106, when he was probably approaching middle age; this is the first clear date we have in his biography. In honor of the saint Peter, and of his royal patron and godfather, the Aragonese King Alfonso I he took the name of Petrus Alfonsi .

By 1116 at the latest he had emigrated to England, where he seems to have remained some years, before moving to northern France. The date of his death is as unclear as that of his birth. He was famous as a writer during his lifetime, and remained so for the rest of the Middle Ages, with over 160 surviving medieval manuscripts containing works of his. The most common are his Dialogi contra Iudaeos , an imaginary conversation between a Jew and a Christian, and Disciplina Clericalis , in fact a collection of Eastern fables.

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The Scholar's Guide: A Translation of the Twelfth-Century Disciplina Clericalis of Pedro Alfonso

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Dialogue Against the Jews (Fathers of the Church Mediaeval Continuation)

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Peter Alphonse's Disciplina Clericalis (English translation) from the fifteenth century Worcester Cathedral Manuscript F. 172

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Petri Alfonsi Disciplina Clericalis: Zum Ersten Mal Herausgegeben Mit Einleitung Und Anmerkungen (Classic Reprint)

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Peter Alphonse's Disciplina Clericalis: From the Fifteenth Century Worcester Cathedral Manuscript F. 172

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Steinhöwels Äsop, Volumes 117-120

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Le Chastoiement d'Un P�re � son Fils: A Critical Edition

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