The Friars and the Jews: The Evolution of Medieval Anti-Judaism

by Jeremy Cohen

Book Overview

Cohen argues that it was in the thirteenth century that a fundamental shift occurred in the Christian perception of both Judaism and Jews in Western Europe, and he attributes this change to the activities of the newly-formed mendicant orders--the Dominicans and Franciscans. In order to make this case as effectively as he does, the author has to approach his problem from two different perspectives--that of the historian of the medieval church, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801492661
• ISBN13: 9780801492662
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher