The Popes And The Jews In The Middle Ages

Author : Edward A. Synan
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033638755

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The Popes and the Jews in the Middle Ages by Edward A. Synan Pdf

Examines the theological attitudes and practical behavior toward Jews of various popes, from Gelasius I (492-496) to Alexander VI (1492-1503). Pre-Christian Rome was favorable to Jews. The first anti-Jewish laws were introduced by the Christian rulers of the Roman Empire. However, papal Rome used Roman law as a pattern for its legislation, and some provisions favorable to Jews were maintained. All of the popes aspired to convert the Jews to Christianity, sometimes due to practical considerations rather than theological ones. For example, Gregory the Great (590-604), who defined the future policies of the papacy toward the Jews, regarded the existence of a heterodox populace among Christians at a time of war against barbarians and heretics as politically dangerous. Despite this, the popes opposed the forced conversion of Jews, protected their lives and personal freedom, and condemned popular anti-Jewish superstitions. Even at the time of the harshest persecutions, popes like Innocent III respected Jews as people who had a unique role in the history of salvation. In medieval papal documents there are no traces of racism. In the 14th-15th centuries, when the problem of Conversos arose, the popes opposed limitations on "New Christians". The lower clergy and the common people did not always follow pontifical prescriptions, and anti-Jewish violence and forced conversion was a common occurrence. Contends that the papacy bears responsibility for what was done by Christians to Jews.

Author : Kenneth Stow
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000951110

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Popes, Church, and Jews in the Middle Ages by Kenneth Stow Pdf

The theme uniting the essays reprinted here is the attitude of the medieval Church, and in particular the papacy, toward the Jewish population of Western Europe. Papal consistency, sometimes sorely tried, in observing the canons and the principles announced by St Paul - that Jews were to be a permanent, if disturbing, part of Christian life - helped balance the anxiety felt by members of the Church. Clerics especially feared what they called Jewish pollution. These themes are the focus of the studies in the first part of this volume. Those in the second part explore aspects of Jewish society and family life, as both were shaped by medieval realities.

Author : Rebecca Rist
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198717980

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Popes and Jews, 1095-1291 by Rebecca Rist Pdf

Rebecca Rist explores the nature and scope of the relationship of the medieval papacy to the Jews of western Europe in the context of the substantial and on-going social, political, and economic changes of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.

Author : Robert Chazan
Publisher : Behrman House, Inc
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : 0874413028

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Church, State, and Jew in the Middle Ages by Robert Chazan Pdf

A collection of medieval European documents of the Church and state, including theological positions on the Jews; papal decrees and local and national charters granting rights to Jews; documents relating to protection of Jews; ecclesiastic limitations on Jews, relating particularly to usury and attacks on the Talmud; missionizing (e.g. forced sermons and disputations); and persecution by the state (e.g. confiscation of properties, bodily attacks, and expulsions).

Author : Kenneth Stow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1003417353

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Popes, Church, and Jews in the Middle Ages by Kenneth Stow Pdf

The theme uniting the essays reprinted here is the attitude of the medieval Church, and in particular the papacy, toward the Jewish population of Western Europe. Papal consistency, sometimes sorely tried, in observing the canons and the principles announced by St Paul - that Jews were to be a permanent, if disturbing, part of Christian life - helped balance the anxiety felt by members of the Church. Clerics especially feared what they called Jewish pollution. These themes are the focus of the studies in the first part of this volume. Those in the second part explore aspects of Jewish society and family life, as both were shaped by medieval realities.

Author : Joachim Prinz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : UOM:39076005368613

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Popes from the Ghetto by Joachim Prinz Pdf

Story of three Jewish Popes, Anacletus II, Gregory VI, and Gregory VII who ruled the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages, all members of the Pierleoni family of Rome, the so-called "Rothschilds" of their times.

Author : Jon Irving Bloomberg
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0881256846

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The Jewish World in the Middle Ages by Jon Irving Bloomberg Pdf

Author : Kenneth Stow
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0674044053

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Alienated Minority by Kenneth Stow Pdf

This narrative history surveying one thousand years of Jewish life integrates the Jewish experience into the context of the overall culture and society of medieval Europe. It presents a new picture of the interaction between Christians and Jews in this tumultuous era. Alienated Minority shows us what it meant to be a Jew in Europe in the Middle Ages. The story begins in the fifth century, when autonomous Jewish rule in Palestine came to a close, and when the papacy, led by Gregory the Great, established enduring principles regarding Christian policy toward Jews. Kenneth Stow examines the structures of self-government in the European Jewish community and the centrality of emerging concepts of representation. He studies economic enterprise, especially banking; constructs a clear image of the medieval Jewish family; and portrays in detail the very rich Jewish intellectual life. Analyzing policies of Church and State in the Middle Ages, Stow argues that a firmly defined legal and constitutional position of the Jewish minority in the earlier period gave way to a legal status created expressly for Jews, who in the later period were seen as inimical to the common good. It was this special status that paved the way for the royal expulsions of Jews that began at the end of the thirteenth century.

Author : James Parkes
Publisher : London : Soncino Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Antisemitism
ISBN : UVA:X001406114

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The Jew in the Medieval Community by James Parkes Pdf

Author : Irven M. Resnick
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780813219691

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Marks of Distinctions by Irven M. Resnick Pdf

Through the use of several illustrations from illuminated manuscripts and other media, Resnick engages readers in a discussion of the later medieval notion of Jewish difference.

Author : Salo Wittmayer Baron
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : History
ISBN : 0231088469

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Social and Religious History of the Jews by Salo Wittmayer Baron Pdf

This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of new veiling practices among lower middle class women in Cairo, Egypt. Although these women are part of a modernizing middle class, they also voluntarily adopt a traditional symbol of female subordination. How can this paradox be explained? An explanation emerges which reconceptualizes what appears to be reactionary behavior as a new style of political struggle--as accommodating protest. These women, most of them clerical workers in the large government bureaucracy, are ambivalent about working outside the home, considering it a change which brings new burdens as well as some important benefits. At the same time they realize that leaving home and family is creating an intolerable situation of the erosion of their social status and the loss of their traditional identity. The new veiling expresses women's protest against this. MacLeod argues that the symbolism of the new veiling emerges from this tense subcultural dilemma, involving elements of both resistance and acquiescence.

Author : Israel Abrahams
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780827605428

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Jewish Life in the Middle Ages by Israel Abrahams Pdf

This classic work of scholarship illustrates the richness, complexity, and fullness of medieval Jewish life. Readers will discover how much was hidden from the inquisitive and often hostile gaze of Christian Europe. Israel Abrahams vividly details the customs, manners, and mores, and delves into the social culture of Jewish life at this time.

Author : Israel Abrahams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Jews
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024189433

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Jewish Life in the Middle Ages by Israel Abrahams Pdf

Author : Robert Chazan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139459877

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The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom by Robert Chazan Pdf

Between the years AD 1000 and 1500, western Christendom absorbed by conquest and attracted through immigration a growing number of Jews. This community was to make a valuable contribution to rapidly developing European civilisation but was also to suffer some terrible setbacks, culminating in a series of expulsions from the more advanced westerly areas of Europe. At the same time, vigorous new branches of world Jewry emerged and a rich new Jewish cultural legacy was created. In this important historical synthesis, Robert Chazan discusses the Jewish experience over a 500 year period across the entire continent of Europe. As well as being the story of medieval Jewry, the book simultaneously illuminates important aspects of majority life in Europe during this period. This book is essential reading for all students of medieval Jewish history and an important reference for any scholar of medieval Europe.

Author : Jacob Rader Marcus
Publisher : Scribner Paper Fiction
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015003321800

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The Jew in the Medieval World by Jacob Rader Marcus Pdf

The history of medieval Judaism may be considered under two aspects: what the world did to the Jew and what the Jew did for himself. Both aspects are interrelated, but not necessarily dependent. Whether the world had been benign and pacific or--as it was--hostile and cruel, the Jew would still have prayed, studied, entered professions, traveled, organized communal endeavors, in a phrase, pursued the normal activities of social life. To the extent, however, that he was harassed and persecuted, the Jew responded: he defended himself and replied to his enemies. Jacob R(ader) Marcus, Professor of American Jewish History at Hebrew Union College, has gathered, edited, and introduced those documents from the medieval literature which illuminate the Jewish community in both aspects: as self-contained society (the documents relating to Jewish self-government; Jewish sectarianism, mysticism, messianism; the inner life of the Jew; the lives and works of Jewish notables--Rashi, Maimonides, Glückel of Hameln, Solomon Maimon, among others) and as society-on-sufferance in an alien world (the Jewish situation under Roman law, under Islam, under Visigoths; treatment at the hands of the feudal and monarchical societies, the Roman Catholic Church and the reformers).--Back cover.