Author : Christoph Cluse
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Jews of Europe in the Middle Ages (tenth to Fifteenth Centuries) by : Christoph Cluse
Download or read book The Jews of Europe in the Middle Ages (tenth to Fifteenth Centuries) written by Christoph Cluse and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection aims at a comprehensive (and comprehensible) overview describing the variety of historical experience for European Jewries from c. 1000 to c. 1500. Regional overviews are supplemented by studies on cultural, economic, social, and linguistic aspects as well as by portraits of individual (northern) Jewish communities. The collection highlights the similarities and differences among the various European Jewish cultures, demonstrating that these cultures were no less European than they were Jewish. At the same time, the Jewish heritage has deeply influenced medieval and modern European majority cultures. This cultural symbiosis was epitomized in the European Jewish community ("kabal, aljama).