Abstract

MORIN, Alejandro. El campo semántico de la lepra en Siete Partidas de Alfonso el Sabio. Temas Mediev. [online]. 2004, vol.12, pp.165-175. ISSN 0327-5094.

The purpose of this article is to analyse the semasiological field of leprosy in Alfonso X´s Siete Partidas. On the basis of a terminological survey the interaction claw handedness appears in the Partidas referred to with three different semasiological terms depending o whether they refer to segregational customs, to the concept of simony or to the generational transmission of punishment.

Keywords : leprosy; betrayal; simony; punishment; Castilian law.