Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response, 1391–1392 - Hardcover

Gampel, Benjamin R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107164516 ISBN 13: 9781107164512

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The most devastating attacks against the Jews of medieval Christian Europe took place during the riots that erupted, in 1391 and 1392, in the lands of Castile and Aragon. For ten horrific months, hundreds if not thousands of Jews were killed, numerous Jewish institutions destroyed, and many Jews forcibly converted to Christianity. Benjamin R. Gampel explores why the famed convivencia of medieval Iberian society - in which Christians, Muslims and Jews seemingly lived together in relative harmony - was conspicuously absent. Using extensive archival evidence, this critical volume explores the social, religious, political, and economic tensions at play in each affected town. The relationships, biographies and personal dispositions of the royal family are explored to understand why monarchic authority failed to protect the Jews during these violent months. Gampel's extensive study is essential for scholars and graduate students of medieval Iberian and Jewish history.

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Book Description:

Gampel explores the social, religious, political, and economic tensions at play during the anti-Jewish riots of 1391-2 in the lands of Castile and Aragon. Based on archival research, this in-depth study is essential for scholars and graduate students of medieval Spain and Jewish history.

About the Author:

Benjamin R. Gampel is the Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary. His published works include The Last Jews on Iberian Soil: Navarrese Jewry 1479-1498 (1989), and Crisis and Creativity in the Sephardic World: 1391-1648 (1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1107164516
• ISBN 13: 9781107164512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388