European Jewry and the First CrusadeOne of the unanticipated results of the First Crusade in 1095 was a series of violent assaults on major Jewish communities in the Rhineland. Robert Chazan offers the first detailed analysis of these events, illuminating the attitudes that triggered the assaults as well as the beliefs that informed Jewish reactions to them. |
Contents
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The Background | 11 |
The Growth and Development of Northern European Jewry | 16 |
ChristianJewish Relations | 27 |
The Sources and Their Reliability | 38 |
The Jewish Sources | 40 |
The Violence of 1096 | 50 |
A Closer Look | 61 |
Related Economic Issues | 179 |
Glances Backward and Forward | 192 |
1096 as a Watershed | 197 |
1096 as a Portent of Things to Come | 210 |
NewStyle Persecution and NewStyle Martyrdom | 217 |
Appendix | 223 |
Abbreviations | 299 |
Notes | 301 |
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