by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Kingdom of Jerusalem-Crusader Period
Kingdom of Jerusalem-Crusader Period, 1099-1295 Highlights- Siege of Jerusalem, 1099 Richard the Lionhearted, 1157–1199 Benjamin of Tudela’s First Letter from Jerusalem, c. 1165 Benjamin of Tudela’s Second Letter from Jerusalem, c. 1165...
by hadassah | Nov 3, 2008 | Kingdom of Jerusalem-Crusader Period
During the Middle Ages the Talmud was the target of relentless condemnation, vilification and censorship by the Christian Church. Vicious hostility to its allegedly offensive and blasphemous contents led to frequent public burnings, the first in Paris in 1242. As a...
