La figura del Judio en la obra historica de Americo Castro

Abstract

This thesis consists of a study of the figure of the Jew in La Realidad historica de Espana, the most important of Americo Castro's works on Spanish history. My thesis is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter, I offer an overview of the evolution of Castro's historical work followed by an examination of his historical theories and key concepts and how they were received by the intellectuals of his time. The second chapter examines the presence of the Jewish population in Spain throughout history according to Castro. Since Castro's vision of the Jews is very different from that of his contemporaries and tends to be exaggerated at times, the third chapter is dedicated to the study of the cultural legacy of the Jews to Spanish culture according to his works. The conclusion to this thesis offers a brief comment on Castro's inclusion of the Hebrew population in his historical work as a possible answer to the official historical discourse of the francoist regime. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)