The Jews in western Europe, 1400-1600 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

As European politics, society, economy and religion underwent epoch-making changes between 1400 and 1600, the treatment of Europe's Jews by the non-Jewish majority was, then as in later periods, a symptom of social problems and tensions in the Continent as a whole. Through a broad-ranging collection of documents, John Edwards sets out to present a vivid picture of the Jewish presence in European life during this vital and turbulent period. Subjects covered include the Jews' own economic presence and culture, social relations between Jews and Christians, the policies and actions of Christian authorities in Church and State. He also draws upon original source material to convey ordinary people's prejudices about Jews, including myths about Jewish 'devilishness', money-grabbing, and 'ritual murder' of Christian children. Full introductory and explanatory material makes accessible the historical context of the subject and highlights the insights offered by the documents as well as the pitfalls to be avoided in this area of historical enquiry. This volume aims to provide a coherent working collection of texts for lecturers, teachers and students who wish to understand the experience of Jewish Europeans in this period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112699
• Artikelnr.: 60361890

Autorenporträt

John Edwards is Faculty Fellow in Spanish at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Queen's College, Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

General introduction: Jews as Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries 1. The Church and the Jews 2. Expulsion of Jews 3. Jews in the
European economy 4. Jews in European society 5. Jews in the Reformation 6.
Jews in European culture Glossary Bibliography Index