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Middle Ages Lectures

THEO 40217: Jews and Christians Throughout History

Jewish-Christian Encounter: The Middle Ages Lecture Notes


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Geographic Framework
Iberian Jewry [Sephardim]: pre-Christian origins/Islamic hegemony
Northern European Jewry [Ashkenazim]: 9th century origin/Christian hegemony

Chronological Framework
Period I: 800-1050: Origins
-small Jewish population
-Latin documents
-Jewish legal status

Period II: 1050-1215: Expansion and Resistance
-growth of Jewish population
-Crusading movement
-private disputations: Adversus Judaeos Literature
-collaboration in biblical studies: Abbey of St. Victor, Paris
-ritual murder charges

Period III: 1215-1500: Breakdown
-IV Lateran
-Rise of Mendicant Orders
-Public Disputations: Paris (1240), Barcelona (1263), Tortosa (1413-1414)
-Expulsions: England (1290), France (1306), Spain (1492)
Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. ehartzer. (2007, March 14). Lectures Eleven through Fourteen: Medieval Europe. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/jews-and-christians-throughout-history/lectures-eleven-through-fourteen-medieval-europe. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License