The Jews of medieval western Christendom, 1000-1500
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The Jews of medieval western Christendom, 1000-1500
(Cambridge medieval textbooks)
Cambridge University Press, 2006
- : hardback
- : pbk
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  Chiba
  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-320) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Between the years AD 1000 and 1500, western Christendom absorbed by conquest and attracted through immigration a growing number of Jews. This community was to make a valuable contribution to rapidly developing European civilisation but was also to suffer some terrible setbacks, culminating in a series of expulsions from the more advanced westerly areas of Europe. At the same time, vigorous new branches of world Jewry emerged and a rich new Jewish cultural legacy was created. In this important historical synthesis, Robert Chazan discusses the Jewish experience over a 500 year period across the entire continent of Europe. As well as being the story of medieval Jewry, the book simultaneously illuminates important aspects of majority life in Europe during this period. This book is essential reading for all students of medieval Jewish history and an important reference for any scholar of medieval Europe.
Table of Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Prior Legacies: 1. The Muslim legacy
- 2. The Christian legacy
- 3. The Jewish legacy
- Part II. The Pan-European Roman Catholic Church: 4. Theological doctrine
- 5. Ecclesiastical policies
- 6. Imagery of Judaism and the Jews
- 7. Cultural and spiritual creativity: danger, challenge, stimulus
- 8. Looking ahead
- Part III. The Older Jewries of the South: 9. Southern France
- 10. Christian Spain
- 11. Italy and Sicily
- Part IV. The Newer Jewries of the North: Northern France: 12. Northern France
- 13. England
- Part V. The Newer Jewries of the North: Germany and Eastern Europe: 14. Germany
- 15. Eastern Europe
- Part VI. Material Challenges, Successes and Failures: 16. Obstacles and attractions
- 17. The governing authorities
- 18. Successes
- 19. The dynamics of deterioration
- Part VII. Spiritual Challenges, Successes and Failures: 20. Proselytizing, conversion and resistance
- 21. Strengthening traditional lines of Jewish cultural creativity
- 22. Innovative lines of cultural creativity
- 23. New and creative Jewish culture
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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