European Jewry and the First Crusade

One of the unanticipated results of the First Crusade in 1095 was a series of violent assaults on major Jewish communities in the Rhineland. Robert Chazan offers the first detailed analysis of these events, illuminating the attitudes that triggered the assaults as well as the beliefs that informed Jewish reactions to them.

Info autore

Robert Chazan is Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University.

Riassunto

One of the unanticipated results of the First Crusade in 1095 was a series of violent assaults on major Jewish communities in the Rhineland. The author offers a detailed analysis of these events, illuminating the attitudes that triggered the assaults as well as the beliefs that informed Jewish reactions to them.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Chazan, Chazan Robert, Robert Chazan
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.02.1996
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9780520205062
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20506-2
• Numero di pagine: 380
• Categorie: HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, CE period up to c 1500, Jewish Studies, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Relating to Jewish people and groups, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Social groups: religious groups and communities