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Church, state, and Jew in the Middle Ages / edited, with introductions and notes, by Robert Chazan.

Title
Church, state, and Jew in the Middle Ages / edited, with introductions and notes, by Robert Chazan.
Publication
New York : Behrman House, c1980.

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Chazan, Robert
Description
xii, 340 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
A collection of medieval European documents of the Church and state, including theological positions on the Jews; papal decrees and local and national charters granting rights to Jews; documents relating to protection of Jews; ecclesiastic limitations on Jews, relating particularly to usury and attacks on the Talmud; missionizing (e.g. forced sermons and disputations); and persecution by the state (e.g. confiscation of properties, bodily attacks, and expulsions).
Series Statement
Library of Jewish studies
Uniform Title
Library of Jewish studies.
Subject
  • Catholic Church > History > Sources
  • 70-1789
  • Jews > Sources. > 70-1789
  • Jews > Sources
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Sources
  • History.
  • Sources.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 323-328.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The formal position of the church. The teachings of earlier epochs : Gratian's Decretum ; Codification of papal decrees : Raymond of Penaforte/The Decretales ; A legal synthesis : Raymond of Penaforte/summa de poenitentia et matrimonio ; A theological synthesis : Alexander of Hales/summa theologica -- The charters of the state. Local charters ; General charters -- Protection of the Jews. Ecclesiastical admonitions against violence ; Governmental protection prior to the outbreak of violence ; Governmental intervention during periods of violence ; Governmental reprisals in the wake of violence -- Ecclesiastical limitation. Church pressure ; Governmental rejection of church pressure ; Governmental acceptance of church initiatives ; Jewish usury : ecclesiastical views ; Jewish usury : governmental reactions ; The attack on the Talmud -- Missionizing among the Jews. Traditional conversionary literature ; The forced sermon ; The forced disputation -- Governmental persecution. Governmental confiscation ; Governmental attacks ; Governmental expulsion of the Jews.
ISBN
  • 087441301X
  • 0874413028 (pbk.) : (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^^78027221^
OCLC
  • 4515649
  • SCSB-10795002
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library