Language:
German
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
108,2 (1997) 147-175
Keywords:
Bernhardin, von Busti
;
Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
Abstract:
The relationship between Jews and Christians in late medieval Europe was characterized by gradual estrangement and polarization. The pogroms which followed the plague epidemics of the mid-14th century led to a weakening of urban Jewry, accompanied, until the 16th century, by expulsions of Jews from the towns. In 1492, refugees from Spain, and later from Portugal, emigrated to Italy and found refuge in Venezia and Ferrara, while Genova and other towns declined to accept Jews because of the long-standing anti-Judaic agitation by Franciscan preachers. On this background, discusses the antisemitic activity of the Franciscan preacher Bernardino de' Busti (born ca. 1450 in Milano) during the 1480s-90s in Italy. Stresses the close links between his sermons on devoutness of penitence on the one hand, and demonization of the Jews and blood libels on the other. Mentions, also, the traditional theses of disinheritance and substitution of Judaism by the Church.
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