by hadassah | Sep 27, 2016 | Demographic Movement
Perceptions of Medieval Times The medieval period was a period of unusual violence and an unusual level of irrational thinking about the Jews but it didn’t involve unremitting violence. Prof. Robert Chazan. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS. What do...
by hadassah | Sep 27, 2016 | Demographic Movement
Why did Jews choose to live in Christian Europe? In the year 1000, there are just about no settled Jewish communities in the northern half of Europe. And yet, Jews for the first time decide to cast their lot in this area. Why? Prof. Robert Chazan. Produced by...
by hadassah | Sep 20, 2016 | Demographic Movement
Map of Expulsions from Europe Expulsions of Jews in Europe from 1100 to 1600 What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Sep 20, 2016 | Demographic Movement
How did European cities develop during the medieval period? When we talk of Medieval Western Christendom, we are talking about the areas of Europe which were under control of the Roman Catholic Church. These areas were distinctively backward as compared to the...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Demographic Movement
M. Toch, “The Formation of a Diaspora: The Settlement of Jews in the Medieval German Reich,” Aschkenaz 7 (1997): 55-78. The development of the Jewish Diaspora is neither a simple nor a homogeneous problem. There are different approaches to it, be it the...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Demographic Movement
Overview of Twelfth-Century Jewish Settlements, Benjamin of Tudela’s Twelfth-Century Travelogue Here are the confines of Germany, a country full of hills and mountains. The Jewish congregations of Germany inhabit the banks of the great river Rhine, from...
