Anti-Jewish riots in the Crown of Aragon and the royal response, 1391-1392 /
"The most devastating attacks against the Jews of medieval Christian Europe took place during the riots that erupted, in 1391 and 1392, in the lands of Castile and Aragon. For ten horrific months, hundreds if not thousands of Jews were killed, numerous Jewish institutions destroyed, and many Je...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only |
| Summary: | "The most devastating attacks against the Jews of medieval Christian Europe took place during the riots that erupted, in 1391 and 1392, in the lands of Castile and Aragon. For ten horrific months, hundreds if not thousands of Jews were killed, numerous Jewish institutions destroyed, and many Jews forcibly converted to Christianity. Benjamin Gampel explores why the famed convivencia of medieval Iberian society - in which Christians, Muslims and Jews seemingly lived together in relative harmony - was conspicuously absent"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 378 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107164512 1107164516 |