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Christians and Jews in Angevin England
Sarah Rees Jones
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Paperback. The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through which Christian and Jewish neighbours became enemies and victims. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRAM9; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
The mass suicide and murder of the men, women and children of the Jewish community in York on 16 March 1190 is one of the most scarring events in the history of Anglo-Judaism, and an aspect of England's medieval past which is widely remembered around the world. However, the York massacre was in fact only one of a series of attacks on communities of Jews across England in 1189-90; they were violent expressions of wider new constructs of the nature of Christian and Jewish communities, and the targeted outcries of local townspeople, whose emerging urban politics were enmeshed within the ... Read more
The mass suicide and murder of the men, women and children of the Jewish community in York on 16 March 1190 is one of the most scarring events in the history of Anglo-Judaism, and an aspect of England's medieval past which is widely remembered around the world. However, the York massacre was in fact only one of a series of attacks on communities of Jews across England in 1189-90; they were violent expressions of wider new constructs of the nature of Christian and Jewish communities, and the targeted outcries of local townspeople, whose emerging urban politics were enmeshed within the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
375
Place of Publication
York, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903153642
SKU
V9781903153642
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Reviews for Christians and Jews in Angevin England
The contributions offering insights into Jewish life in Angevin England are particularly interesting . . . but they all give a clearer sense of the triangular relationship of crown, Jews, and Christians-a pattern visual elsewhere in Europe well into recent centuries. STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE TEACHING For all scholars of twelfth- and thirteenth-century England there ... Read more