Pope Clement VI and his bull Quamvis perfidiam in defense of the Jews during the black plague epidemic in 1348

Abstract

The black death pandemic in the years 1347-1351 in western Europe brought on a violent persecution of Jews, whom Christians considered responsable for its outbreak and spread. But it also prompted Pope Clement VI to make a strong defence of them. This article deals with such defence conveyed in his bull Quamvis perfidiam, whose translation into Spanish gives, and with the Jewish bistorical texts refered to it.