Collected Studies (Volume 2) - Christian Majority - Jewish Minority

In Collected Studies (Volume 2): Christian Majority-Jewish Minority, Joseph Shatzmiller, the preeminent scholar of the Jews in Provence, examines the complex relationship between Christians and Jews during the Middle Ages. Through a careful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller sheds light on the diverse experiences of the Jewish minority in Provence, from their legal status in Christian courts to the persecution and violence they faced during times of crisis. This book provides a nuanced understanding of the relationship between Christians and Jews in medieval Western Europe, and the role of the Jewish community in shaping the social and political landscape of the region.

"The collection of studies that these four volumes offer is the result of more than sixty years of commitment to scholarship. Like many colleagues, I relied in the beginning on printed material in books that dealt with law, religion, and secular literature. Then, as a disciple of George Duby, I discovered the world of archives and hand-written Latin manuscripts. The present collection relies, to a great extent, on previously unknown information discovered during years of search in the archives of Southern France, mostly on those of the county of Provence. They are situated in the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence as well as the town of Digne. The legal registers of the High Middle Ages (1250-1350) as well as those produced by the counties' administration introduce us to the ordinary people of the region, to their daily life and to their preoccupations; their names are spelled out, the dates are recorded and the localities in which they were active are designated. At times these documents encourage us to endorse information found in contemporary literary sources and to overcome our hesitation and excessive caution concerning their value as historical evidence."
? Joseph Shatzmiller

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Vol. Two: Christian Majority - Jewish Minority


I Under One Roof
1. The Papal Monarchy as Viewed by Medieval Jews 

2. Terminologie politique en hebreu médiéval: Jalons pour un glossaire
3. L’anthroponomie dans le monde juif

II Jurisprudence and Legal Practice
1. Droit féodal et législation rabbinique : la cuisson du pain chez les juifs au moyen âge
2. Jews in the Christian Courts of Provence in the Middle Ages (Hebrew) 
3. Jews ‘Separated from the Communion of the Faithful in Christ’ in the Middle Ages 
4. Christian ‘Excommunication’ of Jews : Some Further Clarifications 

III Quests for Holy Shrines 
1. Jews, Pilgrimage, and the Christian Cult of Saints: Benjamin of Tudela and his Contemporaries
2. In Search of a ‘Jewish Compostela’: Benjamin of Tudela and Petrachia of Regensburg

IV Hostility and Persecutions 
1. L’Inquisition et les Juifs de Provence
2. Church Articles: Pawns in the Hands of Jewish Moneylenders 
3. Les Juifs de Provence pendant la peste noire
4. Desecrating the Holy Cross: A Rare Medieval Accusation (Hebrew)
5. Profaner la Sainte-Croix : une rare accusation anti-juive au moyen âge 

V. Converts: Church Vs. State 
1. Jewish Converts to Christianity in Medieval Europe 1200–1500 
2. Converts and Judaizers in the Early Fourteenth Century 
3. Paulus Christiani : Un aspect de son activité anti-juive 
4. Did Nicholas Donin Promulgate the Blood Libel? (Hebrew)

Info autore

Joseph Shatzmiller is the Smart Family Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies at Duke University. He is the author of Shylock Reconsidered: Jews, Moneylanding, and Medieval Society and Jews, Medicine, and Medieval Society.

Riassunto

In Collected Studies (Volume 2): Christian Majority—Jewish Minority, Joseph Shatzmiller, the preeminent scholar of the Jews in Provence, examines the complex relationship between Christians and Jews during the Middle Ages. Through a careful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller sheds light on the diverse experiences of the Jewish minority in Provence, from their legal status in Christian courts to the persecution and violence they faced during times of crisis. This book provides a nuanced understanding of the relationship between Christians and Jews in medieval Western Europe, and the role of the Jewish community in shaping the social and political landscape of the region.

“The collection of studies that these four volumes offer is the result of more than sixty years of commitment to scholarship. Like many colleagues, I relied in the beginning on printed material in books that dealt with law, religion, and secular literature. Then, as a disciple of George Duby, I discovered the world of archives and hand-written Latin manuscripts. The present collection relies, to a great extent, on previously unknown information discovered during years of search in the archives of Southern France, mostly on those of the county of Provence. They are situated in the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence as well as the town of Digne. The legal registers of the High Middle Ages (1250-1350) as well as those produced by the counties’ administration introduce us to the ordinary people of the region, to their daily life and to their preoccupations; their names are spelled out, the dates are recorded and the localities in which they were active are designated. At times these documents encourage us to endorse information found in contemporary literary sources and to overcome our hesitation and excessive caution concerning their value as historical evidence.”
— Joseph Shatzmiller

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joseph Shatzmiller
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.09.2023
• EAN: 9798887193700
• ISBN: 979-8-88719-370-0
• Pagine: 234
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo; Society & social sciences, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Jewish, Judaism, European history: mediaeval period, middle ages