Popes, Church, and Jews in the Middle Ages: Confrontation and Response

by Kenneth R. Stow

The theme uniting the essays reprinted here is the attitude of the medieval Church, and in particular the papacy, toward the Jewish population of Western Europe. Papal consistency, sometimes sorely tried, in observing the canons and the principles announced by St Paul - that Jews were to be a permanent, if disturbing, part of Christian life - helped balance the anxiety felt by members of the Church. Clerics especially feared what they called Jewish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113837511X
• ISBN13: 9781138375116
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"