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Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance (Paperback)
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The twelfth century was a period of rapid change in Europe. The
intellectual landscape was being transformed by new access to
classical works through non-Christian sources. The Christian church
was consequently trying to strengthen its control over the
priesthood and laity and within the church a dramatic spiritual
renewal was taking place. Christians and Jews in the
Twelfth-Century Renaissance reveals the consequences for the only
remaining non-Christian minority in the heartland of Europe: the
Jews. Anna Abulafia probes the anti-Jewish polemics of scholars who
used the new ideas to redefine the position of the Jews within
Christian society. They argued that the Jews had a different
capacity for reason since they had not reached the 'right'
conclusion - Christianity. They formulated a universal construct of
humanity which coincided with universal Christendom, from which the
Jews were excluded. Dr Abulafia shows how the Jews' exclusion from
this view of society contributed to their growing marginalization
from the twelfth century onwards. Christians and Jews in the
Twelfth-Century Renaissance is important reading for all students
and teachers of medieval history and theology, and for all those
with an interest in Jewish history.
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