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Christian Jewish Relations 1000-1300 - Jews in the Service of Medieval Christendom (Hardcover)
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Christian Jewish Relations 1000-1300 - Jews in the Service of Medieval Christendom (Hardcover)
Series: The Medieval World
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The history of relations between Jews and Christians has been a
long, complex and often unsettled one; yet histories of medieval
Christendom have traditionally paid only passing attention to the
role played by Jews in a predominantly Christian society. This book
provides an original survey of medieval Christian-Jewish relations
encompassing England, Spain, France and Germany, and sheds light in
the process on the major developments in medieval history between
1000 and 1300. Anna Sapir Abulafia's balanced yet humane account
offers a new perspective on Christian-Jewish relations by analysing
the theological, socio-economic and political services Jews were
required to render to medieval Christendom. The nature of Jewish
service varied greatly as Christian rulers struggled to reconcile
the desire to profit from the presence of Jewish men and women in
their lands with conflicting theological notions about Judaism.
Jews meanwhile had to deal with the many competing authorities and
interests in the localities in which they lived; their continued
presence hinged on a fine balance between theology and pragmatism.
The book examines the impact of the Crusades on Christian-Jewish
relations and analyses how anti-Jewish libels were used to define
relations. Making adept use of both Latin and Hebrew sources,
Abulafia draws on liturgical and exegetical material, and
narrative, polemical and legal sources, to give a vivid and
accurate sense of how Christians interacted with Jews and Jews with
Christians.
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