Published in The Medieval Aesthetics

Keywords: Keywords: Dialogicity, Dialogues, Gilbert Crispin, Odo of Cambrai, Peter Alfonsi.

This paper aims to analyse the dialogical reaches of three literary dialogues written in the heart of Latin Christianity between the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century, whose exceptionality lies in the fact that they were originated by real circumstances. They are the Disputatio against Iudaeum Leonem Nomine, by Odo of Cambrai, the Disputatio inter Iudaei et Christianum, by Gilbert Crispin, and the Dialogus against Iudaeos, by Peter Alfonsi. The analysis hopes not only to throw some light on these dialogues but also to offer a model to analyse the remaining dialogues of this type, thus contributing to the reflection on this textual form so dear to the Middle Ages.