Die Jüdin von Toledo
1955 novel by Lion Feuchtwanger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Die Jüdin von Toledo is a 1955 novel by German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger. The story focuses on the "Golden Age" of learning in medieval Spain. The novel also describes the affair of Alfonso VIII with the Jewish Raquel in Toledo. In Lion Feuchtwanger's prologue to the story, he mentions that the ballad was originally written by Alfonso X of Castile in regards to his Great-Grandfather (Alfonso VIII).
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For the play by Franz Grillparzer, see The Jewess of Toledo.