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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.
The 12th 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. This work 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 re-define 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 12th century onwards.
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