The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom, 1000-1500 / Robert Chazan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chazan, Robert, author.

Series:

Cambridge medieval textbooks.

Cambridge medieval textbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Europe, Western--History--To 1500.

Jews.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism--History.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity--History.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Prior legacies

The pan-European Roman Catholic Church

The older Jewries of the south

The newer Jewries of the north : northern France and England

The newer Jewries of the north : Germany and Eastern Europe

Material challenges, successes, and failures

Spiritual challenges, successes, and failures.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-107-16433-8

0-511-81832-7

0-511-64880-4

0-511-25586-1

0-511-56778-2

0-511-25643-4

OCLC:

476022442