The Jews in medieval Britain : historical, literary, and archaeological perspectives / edited by Patricia Skinner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skinner, Patricia, 1965-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Great Britain--History.

Jews.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.

Physical Description:

x, 175 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell & Brewer, 2003.

Summary:

Accounts of specific communities and themes build to a comprehensive picture of Jews in England C11 - C13.

Contents:

1. Jewish colonisation in the twelfth century

2. The English Jews under Henry III

3. Edward I and the final phase of Anglo-Jewry

4. The Jewish community in the records of English royal government

5. The Church and the Jews in medieval England

6. Medieval Anglo-Jewry : the archaeological evidence

7. Women in the medieval Anglo-Jewish community

8. Fictions of Judaism in England before 1290

9. The medieval York Jewry reconsidered.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-171) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0851159311

OCLC:

50948437