Sprache:
Deutsch
Erscheinungsjahr:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Francia; Forschungen zur westeuropäischen Geschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
25,1 (1998) 39-76
Schlagwort(e):
Agobard,
;
Amolo, Archbishop of Lyons
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Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
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Antisemitism History Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Jews
Kurzfassung:
Situates the anti-Jewish campaign in 823-828 of Agobard, Archbishop of Lyon, in the context of his struggle with Louis the Pious over secularized Church property. Agobard's campaign was triggered by the fact that Louis had appointed a magister Iudaeorum to provide Jews with legal protection. The fact that Agobard then halted his anti-Jewish campaign, and did not take it up again, even when Deacon Bodo converted to Judaism in 838, indicates that his anti-Jewish polemics were not an expression of virulent anti-Judaism but rather of political calculation aimed at opposing the Emperor. Agobard's main target was not even the Jews, but rather the magister Iudaeorum Everard, who was also in charge of secularized Church property. Agobard's successor, Amolo, wrote an anti-Jewish tractate in 846 and influenced the anti-Jewish decisions of the synod of Meaux/Paris in 845-846. His actions must also been seen in the context of secularized Church property. After the treaty of Coulaines in 843, the synods of West Francia were supported by Lyon Bishops Florus and Amolo in their anti-Judaism and in their fight over secularized Church property. Concludes that emphasizing this context does not diminish the significance of the anti-Jewish writings of Agobard and Amolo. However, preoccupation with the Jews was not the main concern of the Carolingian elites. The Jews played a subordinate role in the politics and conflicts of the time.
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