Talk:Peter of Castile
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I believe that the name is spelled "Alburquerque." "Albuquerque" is the name of the city in New Mexico. It used to be spelled the same as the name, but legend has it that the original station manager of the first train station left the "r" out, and nobody has ever bothered to fix it. The issue does come up occasionally, but what would people do with all those incorrect signs and city stationery?
- I believe you are misinformed. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary gives the "Albuquerque" spelling in both its geographical and biographical names sections. The signs and stationery can continue to be used without apology. -- Someone else 01:58, 16 Oct 2003 (UTC)
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- Sorry, but I think the first poster is correct. The original spelling was, in fact, "Alburquerque", as it is currently used in Spain. Said in other words, "Albuquerque" derives from "Alburquerque", either by accident or misunderstanding; and now Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is just accepting "Albuquerque" as the English version of the original Spanish term. These misspellings are common in many Spanish names currently used, both in North and South America (and vice versa). For a reference see Manuel Pavia y Rodriguez de Alburquerque and Badajoz.
"He confided in nobody save the Jews, who were his tax-gatherers, or the Muslim guards he had about him. The profound hatred of the Christians for the Jews and Mudejares, or Muslims settled among them, dates from the years in which they were the agents of his unbridled tyranny." The first sentence reeks of antisemitism, and I'm guessing is due to antisemitism by the author of the 1911 Britannica article. Tax collectors were often Jews, but not always; the same could be said of doctors during the same period. The second sentence is ridiculous if taken at face value; has it been taken out of context from the 1911 article, or mangled in editing? We're talking about a period of history during which the convivencia was still going strong, and the persecutions and pogroms of 1367-1390 had not yet taken place. The Spanish Inquisition is still 100 years in the future. To say that Christians in general had a "profound hatred" for Jews and Muslims during this period is wildly inaccurate. There is abundant evidence against such a blanket statement. For instance, Muslim jugglers and musicians performed in Christian religious rites, and Jewish doctors often treated Christian patients. --Bcrowell 18:27, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC).
- There is a lot of confusion about whether Jews and Christians used to live in harmony in Spain during the High Middle Ages and what happened next. It is usually forgotten (if ever mentioned) that the roots of the clash between Christians and Jews would go back into, at least, the 7th century. For example, there is a general agreement about that Jews conspired against the Spanish Gothic kingdom and gave support to the Arabs to invade and conquer the Iberian peninsula in 711.
[edit] Why Pedro and not Peter?
Well, why? Srnec 16:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Why Henry and not Enrique?
It's English. Srnec 04:12, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
