13th–14th centuries
Idem
1366·Briviesca
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The Great Companies led by Bertrand Du Guesclin, having entered Castile in the service of Henri de Trastamare, seized Briviesca. The Jewish community of the city, reputed to be prosperous and placed under the protection of the queen, was annihilated during the sack.
The Castilian chronicles report that those who were not killed were sold or dispersed, and that the *judería* did not recover. Other localities along the army's route — Aguilar de Campoo, Villadiego — suffered the same fate.
These mercenaries made no confessional distinctions; what set Jewish communities apart was that they had neither walls of their own nor a lord to avenge them. The war of Trastamare left Castilian Jewry impoverished and discredited, a generation away from the massacres of 1391.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Espagne
Pero López de Ayala, *Chronique de Pierre Iᵉʳ* ; chroniques castillanes.