Alfonso X’s Las Siete Partidas represents the theory of colonial mindset or mentality and how it influenced the cultural and religious ideologies of Medieval Spain. Colonial mindset or mentality represents not only the cultural and religious acceptance of another’s ideologies, but also demonstrates how the concept of superiority of one religion influenced society’s perspectives of the status quo. As a result, colonial mentality creates racial and sexual inequality and establishes a social hierarchy, which oppresses and undermines diversity, or ideologies that diverge from the superior’s social norms.
Influenced by colonial mindset, Las Siete Partidas represents the biases and prejudice that Christians felt towards the Islamic and Jewish culture, …show more content…
Medieval Spain’s acceptance of other religious beliefs can be represented through the concept of religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is the acceptance, regarding the diversity of religious beliefs systems that coexist in society, that two or more religions with different ideologies can be equally valid. Within a society that promotes religious pluralism, however, there is often one religion that is dominant over the rest. In the case of Medieval Spain, Christianity was considered the state religion and as a result, the Islamic and Jewish cultures were discriminated and considered lesser. While religious pluralism promoted religious tolerance, society’s status quo of Christian superiority promoted religious discrimination and the ideas of prejudice and exclusion among the Jewish and Muslim people, oppressing the Jewish and Muslims with limitations and restrictions in …show more content…
Under the influence of colonial mindset and religious pluralism, Las Siete Partidas, in order to centralize the concept of Christian superiority, promotes oppression among the Jewish, as they were prohibited from obtaining positions of power and confined in their homes or synagogues when celebrating their religious practices. In Judaism, the Shabbat, for example, is considered a day of celebration and prayer that represents not only freedom, but also is considered a holy day to commemorate the God’s creation of the universe and Israelites’ redemption from slavery in ancient Egypt. In Las Siete Partidas, it was depicted that “Jews celebrated, and still celebrate Good Friday, which commemorates the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by way of contempt; stealing children and fastening them to crosses, and making images of wax and crucifying them, when they cannot obtain children” (1433-1434). Las Siete Partidas interprets and deplores the Shabbat by promoting discrimination through stating false claims and lies as true, altering society’s perspectives and opinions of Jewish religious practice. To further segregate the Jewish communities from Christian communities, Jews were also forced to bear marks that distinguish their religious afflictions. As a result,
Influenced by colonial mindset, Las Siete Partidas represents the biases and prejudice that Christians felt towards the Islamic and Jewish culture, …show more content…
Medieval Spain’s acceptance of other religious beliefs can be represented through the concept of religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is the acceptance, regarding the diversity of religious beliefs systems that coexist in society, that two or more religions with different ideologies can be equally valid. Within a society that promotes religious pluralism, however, there is often one religion that is dominant over the rest. In the case of Medieval Spain, Christianity was considered the state religion and as a result, the Islamic and Jewish cultures were discriminated and considered lesser. While religious pluralism promoted religious tolerance, society’s status quo of Christian superiority promoted religious discrimination and the ideas of prejudice and exclusion among the Jewish and Muslim people, oppressing the Jewish and Muslims with limitations and restrictions in …show more content…
Under the influence of colonial mindset and religious pluralism, Las Siete Partidas, in order to centralize the concept of Christian superiority, promotes oppression among the Jewish, as they were prohibited from obtaining positions of power and confined in their homes or synagogues when celebrating their religious practices. In Judaism, the Shabbat, for example, is considered a day of celebration and prayer that represents not only freedom, but also is considered a holy day to commemorate the God’s creation of the universe and Israelites’ redemption from slavery in ancient Egypt. In Las Siete Partidas, it was depicted that “Jews celebrated, and still celebrate Good Friday, which commemorates the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by way of contempt; stealing children and fastening them to crosses, and making images of wax and crucifying them, when they cannot obtain children” (1433-1434). Las Siete Partidas interprets and deplores the Shabbat by promoting discrimination through stating false claims and lies as true, altering society’s perspectives and opinions of Jewish religious practice. To further segregate the Jewish communities from Christian communities, Jews were also forced to bear marks that distinguish their religious afflictions. As a result,