Jews in Medieval Normandy - A Social and Intellectual History

Klappentext This 1998 book is a comprehensive account of the Jews in Normandy during the middle ages. Zusammenfassung This 1998 book is a comprehensive account! based on manuscript and archaeological evidence! of the high Hebraic culture developed by the Jews in Normandy during the Middle Ages! and in particular during the Anglo-Norman period. The text is illustrated copiously with maps and other illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The earliest sources; 2. Extent and antiquity of Jewish settlement in Normandy; 3. From Robert of Normandy until the First Crusade; 4. The Jewish quarter of Rouen in the twelfth century; 5. School and community in the reign of Henry I and Angevin times; 6. Masters of the law in the mid-twelfth century; 7. Abraham Ibn Ezra and his literary activities in Normandy; 8. Disciples of the masters: Rouennaise scholars during the reign of Henry II Plantagenet; 9. The civil status of the Jews from Henry II to John Lackland; 10. The Tosafists; 11. From the last years of Philip Augustus to the reign of Louis IX; 12. The final decades; Appendices; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Norman Golb, Norman (University of Chicago) Golb, Golb Norman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107406872
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40687-2
• No. of pages: 654
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE