The theme uniting the essays reprinted here is the attitude of the medieval Church, and in particular the papacy, towards the Jewish population of Western Europe. The studies in the first part of this volume focus on those issues, while those in the second part explore aspects of Jewish society and family life, shaped by the circumstances in which they found themselves.
The theme uniting the essays reprinted here is the attitude of the medieval Church, and in particular the papacy, toward the Jewish population of Western Europe.
The studies in the first part of this volume focus on those issues, while those in the second part explore aspects of Jewish society and family life, shaped by the circumstances in which they found themselves.
Rebecca Rist explores the nature and scope of the relationship of the medieval papacy to the Jews of western Europe in the context of the substantial and on-going social, political, and economic changes of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
A collection of medieval European documents of the Church and state, including theological positions on the Jews; papal decrees and local and national charters granting rights to Jews; documents relating to protection of Jews; ecclesiastic ...
The Apostolic See and the Jews
The story begins in the fifth century, when autonomous Jewish rule in Palestine came to a close, and when the papacy, led by Gregory the Great, established enduring principles regarding Christian policy toward Jews.
See Daniel, Franciscan Concept of Mission, 26–36; E. Randolph Daniel, “Reformist Apocalypticism and the Friars Minor,” in That Others May Know and Love: Essays in Honor of Zachary Hayes, ed. Michael Cusato and F. [ 289 ] notes to pages ...
Papal policy toward Jews in the Middle Ages has long been understood as a function of protection. The papacy either serves as the Jews' foremost protector, wants assiduously to expel...
"This book of essays honors Brian Tierney"--Preface.
When nominated minister general, Bonaventure, one of the great pupils of Alexander of Hales, had been a master in the theological faculty at Paris and without doubt among the greatest scholars in the order. By no means was Bonaventure ...