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020			_a9780511778902 (ebook)
020			_z9780521763042 (hardback)
020			_z9780521145435 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aDS135.E81 _bC54 2010
082	0	0	_a305.892/4040902 _222
100	1		_aChazan, Robert , _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aReassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe / _cRobert Chazan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (292 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book re-evaluates the prevailing notion that Jews in medieval Christian Europe lived under an appalling regime of ecclesiastical limitation, governmental exploitation and expropriation, and unceasing popular violence. Robert Chazan argues that, while Jewish life in medieval Western Christendom was indeed beset with grave difficulties, it was nevertheless an environment rich in opportunities; the Jews of medieval Europe overcame obstacles, grew in number, explored innovative economic options, and fashioned enduring new forms of Jewish living. His research also provides a reconsideration of the legacy of medieval Jewish life, which is often depicted as equally destructive and projected as the underpinning of the twentieth-century catastrophes of antisemitism and the Holocaust. Dr Chazan's research proves that, although Jewish life in the medieval West laid the foundation for much Jewish suffering in the post-medieval world, it also stimulated considerable Jewish ingenuity, which lies at the root of impressive Jewish successes in the modern West.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521763042
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511778902
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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