Apart from essential commercial relations, Christian leaders considered contact with Jews to be prejudicial to their faith and Jews' residences were therefore restricted to certain streets, or Jewish quarters, known as calls.
Despite this rule it was still possible to find Jews living outside the calls, as well as Christians living within them. Despite the constant calls from the authorities to maintain segregation some eminent Jews lived on Carrer Major. This was the case with the Quercís, who had a dwelling and a workshop facing the church of Sant Joan in a section of the main street known then as Carrer dels Especiers.
Despite this rule it was still possible to find Jews living outside the calls, as well as Christians living within them. Despite the constant calls from the authorities to maintain segregation some eminent Jews lived on Carrer Major. This was the case with the Quercís, who had a dwelling and a workshop facing the church of Sant Joan in a section of the main street known then as Carrer dels Especiers.