ISBN:
9781107164512
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 378 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Year of publication:
2016
Keywords:
Jews History 14th century
;
Antisemitism History 14th century
;
Aragon (Spain) Ethnic relations 14th century
;
History
;
Aragon (Spain) History 14th century
;
Aragonien
;
Antisemitismus
;
Geschichte 1391-1392
;
Spanien
;
Juden
;
Pogrom
;
Geschichte 1391-1392
Abstract:
"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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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 355-368
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