From Halakhic innovation to blood libels, from the establishment of
new mendicant orders to the institutionalization of Islamicate
bureaucracy, and from the development of the inquisitorial process
to the rise of yeshivas, universities, and madrasas, the long
thirteenth century saw a profusion of political, cultural, and
intellectual changes in Europe and the Mediterranean basin. These
were informed by, and in turn informed, the religious communities
from which they arose. In city streets and government buildings,
Jews, Christians, and Muslims lived, worked, and disputed with one
another, sharing and shaping their respective cultures in the
process. The interaction born of these relationships between
minority and majority cultures, from love and friendship to
hostility and violence, can be described as a complex and
irreducible "entanglement." The contributors to Entangled
Histories: Knowledge, Authority, and Jewish Culture in the
Thirteenth Century argue that this admixture of persecution and
cooperation was at the foundation of Jewish experience in the
Middle Ages. The thirteen essays are organized into three major
sections, focusing in turn on the exchanges among intellectual
communities, on the interactions between secular and religious
authorities, and on the transmission of texts and ideas across
geographical, linguistic, and cultural boundaries. Rather than
trying to resolve the complexities of entanglement, contributors
seek to outline their contours and explain how they endured. In the
process, they examine relationships not only among Jewish,
Christian, and Muslim communities but also between communities
within Judaism-those living under Christian rule and those living
under Muslim rule, and between the Jews of southern and northern
Europe. The resulting volume develops a multifaceted account of
Jewish life in Europe and the Mediterranean basin at a time when
economic, cultural, and intellectual exchange coincided with
heightened interfaith animosity. Contributors: Elisheva Baumgarten,
Piero Capelli, Mordechai Z. Cohen, Judah Galinsky, Elisabeth
Hollender, Kati Ihnat, Ephraim Kanarfogel, Katelyn Mesler, Ruth
Mazo Karras, Sarah J. Pearce, Rami Reiner, Yossef Schwartz, Uri
Shachar, Rebecca Winer, Luke Yarbrough.
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