Christian Attitudes Toward the Jews in the Middle Ages
A Casebook
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Jewish, Medieval
| Author: | Michael Frassetto | ISBN: | 9781135866402 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 13, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Frassetto |
| ISBN: | 9781135866402 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 13, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Drawing from an equally wide range of sources-sermons, polemical texts, theological treatises, hagiographical and devotional works, and histories-the volume demonstrates the emergence of a profoundly negative image of the Jews that established many of the stereotypes of classic Christian anti-Semitism. The volume, in particular, argues that the essential turning point in relations between Christians and Jews occurred in the eleventh century, especially the early eleventh century when the first wave of persecutions of the Jews took place.
Drawing from an equally wide range of sources-sermons, polemical texts, theological treatises, hagiographical and devotional works, and histories-the volume demonstrates the emergence of a profoundly negative image of the Jews that established many of the stereotypes of classic Christian anti-Semitism. The volume, in particular, argues that the essential turning point in relations between Christians and Jews occurred in the eleventh century, especially the early eleventh century when the first wave of persecutions of the Jews took place.
