This book re-evaluates the prevailing notion that Jews in medieval Christian Europe lived under an appalling regime of ecclesiastical limitation, governmental exploitation and expropriation, and unceasing popular violence. Robert Chazan argues that, while Jewish life in medieval Western Christendom...

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Main Author:	Chazan, Robert (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
Subjects:	Geschichte 1000-1500 Christentum Geschichte Juden Judentum Jews / Europe, Western / History / To 1500 Christianity and other religions / Judaism / History Judaism / Relations / Christianity / History Europe, Western / Ethnic relations Europa
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	This book re-evaluates the prevailing notion that Jews in medieval Christian Europe lived under an appalling regime of ecclesiastical limitation, governmental exploitation and expropriation, and unceasing popular violence. Robert Chazan argues that, while Jewish life in medieval Western Christendom was indeed beset with grave difficulties, it was nevertheless an environment rich in opportunities; the Jews of medieval Europe overcame obstacles, grew in number, explored innovative economic options, and fashioned enduring new forms of Jewish living. His research also provides a reconsideration of the legacy of medieval Jewish life, which is often depicted as equally destructive and projected as the underpinning of the twentieth-century catastrophes of antisemitism and the Holocaust. Dr Chazan's research proves that, although Jewish life in the medieval West laid the foundation for much Jewish suffering in the post-medieval world, it also stimulated considerable Jewish ingenuity, which lies at the root of impressive Jewish successes in the modern West
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xx, 270 pages)
ISBN:	9780511778902
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511778902