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Michael A. Signer - Jews and Christians in Twelfth-Century Europe (Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies) - 9780268032531 - V9780268032531
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Jews and Christians in Twelfth-Century Europe (Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies)

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Description for Jews and Christians in Twelfth-Century Europe (Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies) Hardcover. The contributors' analyses of people, events and texts seek to provide a balanced perspective on the fate of 12th-century Jewish communities. They reveal that there is considerable evidence that old routines and interactions between Christians and Jews persisted throughout this period. Editor(s): Signer, Michael A.; Engen, John H.Van. Series: Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM9; HRAX; HRC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 757.

In the summer of 1096, marauding crusaders attacked Jewish communities in three Rhineland cities. These violent episodes disrupted what had been a fairly peaceful history of coexistence between Jews and Christians for more than two centuries. Although the two groups inhabited fundamentally different religious universes, Jews and Christians lived in the same towns, on the same streets, and pursued their lives with minimal interference, often with considerable cooperation. However, the events of 1096 caused relations between the two communities to deteriorate, with Jewish communities suffering as a result.

The careful analyses of people, events, and texts provide a balanced perspective ... Read more

Contributors: John Van Engen, Jeremy Cohen, Ivan G. Marcus, Robert Chazan, Jonathan M. Elukin, William Chester Jordan, Walter Cahn, Jan M. Ziolkowski, Michael A. Signer, Elliott R. Wolfson, Susan Einbinder, Maureen Boulton, Alfred Haverkamp, Gérard Nahon, and Robert C. Stacey.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies
Number of Pages
402
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268032531
SKU
V9780268032531
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About Michael A. Signer
Michael A. Signer is Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. John Van Engen is Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, editor of The Past and Future of Medieval Studies (Notre Dame Press, 1994), and author of Devotio Moderna: Basic Writings. ... Read more

Reviews for Jews and Christians in Twelfth-Century Europe (Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies)
“Essays on interactions between the two groups in northwestern Europe, with a focus on the changes that occurred after a series of pogroms by Crusaders in the Rhineland cities of Mainz, Speyer, and Worms in 1096.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education “All of these papers make a contribution to the editors’ effort to redirect medieval historiography. [T]he most impressive contribution ... Read more

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