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A History of Catholic AntisemitismMedieval Deterioration

A History of Catholic Antisemitism: Medieval Deterioration [Salo Baron denied that medieval Jews lived in a state of “extreme wretchedness,… subject to incessant persecution and violence.… Prisoner in the Ghetto, denied access to the resources and activities of Western society, distorted intellectually, morally, spiritually by centuries of isolation and torture.”1 It is true that positive developments in Jewish life and thought did occur and good relationships between Catholics and Jews did exist during the High Middle Ages; besides, a few Jews prospered, some had residence and movement rights, and Jews were the only non-Catholic community to be tolerated at all. It is also true that in the Early Middle Ages, when European society was not fully Christianized, Jews lived comparatively well under Arian, not Trinitarian, Christians.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Catholic AntisemitismMedieval Deterioration

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2008
ISBN
978-1-349-37194-5
Pages
39 –66
DOI
10.1057/9780230611177_5
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Salo Baron denied that medieval Jews lived in a state of “extreme wretchedness,… subject to incessant persecution and violence.… Prisoner in the Ghetto, denied access to the resources and activities of Western society, distorted intellectually, morally, spiritually by centuries of isolation and torture.”1 It is true that positive developments in Jewish life and thought did occur and good relationships between Catholics and Jews did exist during the High Middle Ages; besides, a few Jews prospered, some had residence and movement rights, and Jews were the only non-Catholic community to be tolerated at all. It is also true that in the Early Middle Ages, when European society was not fully Christianized, Jews lived comparatively well under Arian, not Trinitarian, Christians.]

Published: Sep 3, 2015

Keywords: Jewish Community; Thirteenth Century; Twelfth Century; Ritual Murder; Merchant Guild

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