The invisible Jews of Visigothic Spain

In the annals of Visigothic Spain the Jews emerge as a much persecuted mino rity. The originality, however, or rather its absence from either the royal Gothic laws or their accompanying ecclesiastical canons must be fully appr eciated. It is seen, in part, through laws relating to marriage between Jew s and Christians, free and bonded, the subject of the first part of the art icle. In the second part I explore the complete absence of souvenirs of per secutions in the annals of the Spanish Jews themselves.