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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783603803321

Autore

Sapir Abulafia Anna

Titolo

Christians and Jews in the twelfth-century Renaissance / / Anna Sapir Abulafia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-99025-1

1-134-99026-X

1-280-32562-3

0-203-20233-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

261.2/6/09021

Soggetti

Judaism - Relations - Christianity

Christianity and other religions - Judaism

Christianity and antisemitism

Church history - 12th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THE TWELFTH-CENTURY RENAISSANCE; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Part I THE TWELFTH-CENTURY RENAISSANCE; 1 THE SCHOOLS; 2 THE TOOLS OF REASON AND CHRISTIAN HUMANISM; 3 THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF REASON; Part II CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THE TWELFTH-CENTURY RENAISSANCE; 4 A CHANGING SOCIETY; 5 THE JEWISH CHALLENGE; Part III THE JEWISH-CHRISTIAN DEBATE; 6 CHRISTIANIZED REASON AT WORK; 7 THE TESTIMONY OF THE HEBREW BIBLE; 8 BODIES AND MONEY; 9 INCLUSIVENESS AND EXCLUSION; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The twelfth century was a period of rapid change in Europe. The intellectual landscape was being transformed by new access to classical works through non-Christian sources. The Christian church was consequently trying to strengthen its control over the priesthood and laity and within the church a dramatic spiritual renewal was taking place.  Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance reveals the consequences for the only remaining non-Christian minority in the



heartland of Europe: the Jews. Anna Abulafia probes the anti-Jewish polemics of scholars who used the new