Popes and Jews, 1095-1291

xx Preface Jews; they saw no contradiction between on the one hand condemning the talmud for blasphemy and on the other insistin ...

Preface xxi to christianity because they are the children of the old testament and play a cru- cial role as witnesses to it. whe ...

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Contents List of Maps xxv Abbreviations xxviii introduction 1 Jewish ideas about the Papacy 28 The Papal Promise of Protection ...

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List of Maps Map 1. europe, c.1000 xxvi Map 2. europe, c.1250 xxvii ...

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Abbreviations 1 Comp. ‘compilatio prima’ Quinque compilationes antiquae, Corpus iuris canonici, ed. e. a. Friedberg (Leipzig, 18 ...

The relationship of the medieval papacy to the Jewish communities of western Europe remains a complex and controversial subject. ...

2 Popes and Jews, 1095–1291 relations earlier in the eleventh century;^3 others that during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ...

Introduction 3 the 1940s the renowned Hebrew scholar Irving Agus argued that during the second half of the thirteenth century: t ...

4 Popes and Jews, 1095–1291 individuals with concerns and interests, as they made pronouncements in the context of competing inf ...

Introduction 5 saved and who everywhere were prepared to serve.^15 Such attitudes, whether towards Muslims or Jews, appear culpa ...

6 Popes and Jews, 1095–1291 and allowed to worship freely. In advocating comparative toleration even he, there- fore, did little ...

Introduction 7 of Jews and gentiles with no power to make such prescriptions.^27 But medieval popes had been conditioned by cent ...

8 Popes and Jews, 1095–1291 Medieval interpretations of Pauline views about the Jews, heavily influenced by patristic writing, a ...

Introduction 9 brought translations of his commentary on the Gospel of John to the Third Lateran Council (1179). Certainly in th ...

10 Popes and Jews, 1095–1291 FROM GREGORY THE GREAT TO THE ELEVENTH CENTuRY To understand the development of papal attitudes tow ...

Introduction 11 (1009–1012) and received a promise of protection following a rumour that they had persuaded Muslims to destroy t ...