El campo semántico de la lepra en Siete Partidas de Alfonso el Sabio

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.