From Aachen to Al-Andalus: the journey of Deacon Bodo (823-76)
Frank Riess
Sometime in the first six months of 838, Bodo, a palace deacon at court Louis Pious, converted to Judaism, changed his name Eleazar and removed himself Muslim Spain. The incident is well attested various sources although reasons for abandonment Christianity are not clearly given. In 840, year after arriving Spain, now Eleazar, engaged debate with Álvaro Córdoba, Christian writer scholar living territory who claimed be Jewish ancestry. Their correspondence provides illuminating insights into framework cultural religious experience this period. Bodo's self-imposed exile from society also an important rejection Carolingian programme, voice protest that was probably more widespread than would have us believe. What follows partly analysis main textual brings relief personal, social political themes seen lie behind theolo-gical debates There attempt uncover aspects earlier life before conversion.
Early Medieval Europe