LEADER 04644nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910788680603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89852-7 010 $a0-8122-0675-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206753 035 $a(CKB)3240000000065391 035 $a(OCoLC)824522195 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000703507 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11439271 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000703507 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10689914 035 $a(PQKB)10620962 035 $a(OCoLC)822017921 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17659 035 $a(DE-B1597)449558 035 $a(OCoLC)979881071 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441863 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642198 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441863 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000065391 100 $a20111212d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween Christian and Jew$b[electronic resource] $econversion and inquisition in the crown of Aragon, 1250-1391 /$fPaola Tartakoff 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4421-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-197) and index. 327 $apt. I. Before the tribunal -- pt. II. At the font of new life -- pt. III. By the fire. 330 $aIn 1341 in Aragon, a Jewish convert to Christianity was sentenced to death, only to be pulled from the burning stake and into a formal religious interrogation. His confession was as astonishing to his inquisitors as his brush with mortality is to us: the condemned man described a Jewish conspiracy to persuade recent converts to denounce their newfound Christian faith. His claims were corroborated by witnesses and became the catalyst for a series of trials that unfolded over the course of the next twenty months. Between Christian and Jew closely analyzes these events, which Paola Tartakoff considers paradigmatic of inquisitorial proceedings against Jews in the period. The trials also serve as the backbone of her nuanced consideration of Jewish conversion to Christianity-and the unwelcoming Christian response to Jewish conversions-during a period that is usually celebrated as a time of relative interfaith harmony.The book lays bare the intensity of the mutual hostility between Christians and Jews in medieval Spain. Tartakoff's research reveals that the majority of Jewish converts of the period turned to baptism in order to escape personal difficulties, such as poverty, conflict with other Jews, or unhappy marriages. They often met with a chilly reception from their new Christian brethren, making it difficult to integrate into Christian society. Tartakoff explores Jewish antagonism toward Christians and Christianity by examining the aims and techniques of Jews who sought to re-Judaize apostates as well as the Jewish responses to inquisitorial prosecution during an actual investigation. Prosecutions such as the 1341 trial were understood by papal inquisitors to be in defense of Christianity against perceived Jewish attacks, although Tartakoff shows that Christian fears about Jewish hostility were often exaggerated. Drawing together the accounts of Jews, Jewish converts, and inquisitors, this cultural history offers a broad study of interfaith relations in medieval Iberia. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aJews$zSpain$zAragon$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aChristian converts from Judaism$zSpain$zAragon$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aAragon (Spain)$xEthnic relations 610 $aHistory. 610 $aJewish Studies. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 610 $aReligion. 610 $aReligious Studies. 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aChristian converts from Judaism$xHistory 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xHistory 676 $a305.892/40465509023 700 $aTartakoff$b Paola$01496290 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788680603321 996 $aBetween Christian and Jew$93720881 997 $aUNINA