The Jew, the Cathedral and the Medieval City

by Nina Rowe

Book Overview

In the thirteenth century, sculptures of Synagoga and Ecclesia - paired female personifications of the Synagogue defeated and the Church triumphant - became a favored motif on cathedral fa ades in France and Germany. Throughout the centuries leading up to this era, the Jews of northern Europe prospered financially and intellectually, a trend that ran counter to the long-standing Christian conception of Jews as relics of the pre-history of the Church...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521197449
• ISBN13: 9780521197441
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.0"