Christians and Jews in Angevin England

Sarah Rees Jones

ISBN 10: 1903153646 / ISBN 13: 9781903153642

Published by York Medieval Press, 2016

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The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through which Christian and Jewish neighbours became enemies and victims. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRAM9; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572. . 2016. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Christians and Jews in Angevin England
• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903153646
• ISBN 13: 9781903153642
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through which Christian and Jewish neighbours became enemies and victims.

The mass suicide and murder of the men, women and children of the Jewish community in York on 16 March 1190 is one of the most scarring events in the history of Anglo-Judaism, and an aspect of England's medieval past which is widely remembered around the world. However, the York massacre was in fact only one of a series of attacks on communities of Jews across England in 1189-90; they were violent expressions of wider new constructs of the nature of Christian and Jewish communities, and the targeted outcries of local townspeople, whose emerging urban politics were enmeshed within the swiftly developing structures of royal government.
This new collection considers the massacreas central to the narrative of English and Jewish history around 1200. Its chapters broaden the contexts within which the narrative is usually considered and explore how a narrative of events in 1190 was built up, both at the timeand in following years. They also focus on two main strands: the role of narrative in shaping events and their subsequent perception; and the degree of convivencia between Jews and Christians and consideration of the circumstances and processes through which neighbours became enemies and victims.

SARAH REES JONES is Professor, and SETHINA WATSON Senior Lecturer, in History at the University of York.

Contributors: Sethina Watson, Sarah Rees Jones, Joe Hillaby, Nicholas Vincent, Alan Cooper, Robert C. Stacey, Paul Hyams, Robin R. Mundill, Thomas Roche, Eva de Visscher, Pinchas Roth, Ethan Zadoff, Anna Sapir Abulafia, Heather Blurton, Matthew Mesley, Carlee A. Bradbury, Hannah Johnson, Jeffrey J. Cohen, Anthony Bale

About the Authors

SARAH REES JONES is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of York, UK.

NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy