by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | The State and the Jews
The State and the Jews—Control Jewish presence in medieval western Christendom was fostered by the lay authorities in order to stimulate the economic growth of their realms and—at the same time—to enrich their coffers. Exploitation of Jewish financial...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | The State and the Jews
The State and the Jews—Economic Support Economic considerations moved many lay authorities in medieval western Christendom to foster Jewish settlement and simultaneously moved many Jews to remain in place in newly conquered territories or to immigrate into...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | The State and the Jews
The State and the Jews—Protection In order to maintain Jewish life in areas of prior Jewish settlement or in areas ofnew Jewish settlement, the first requirement was physical security. Without the promiseand the reality of physical security, Jewish life was...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | The State and the Jews
The State and the Jews—Charters Given the popular hostility toward Jews depicted in the preceding section and the ambivalent stance of the Roman Catholic Church toward Judaism and Jews detailed earlier, the lay authorities became the key to Jewish well-being in...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | The State and the Jews
Overview: The State and the Jews Given the considerable negativity of the Church’s doctrines, policies, and imageries and the lack of pre-1000 Jewish population in western Christendom, the obvious question is how a burgeoning European Jewish population...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | The State and the Jews
The State and the Jews Given the considerable negativity of the Church’s doctrines, policies, and imageries and wide-ranging popular animosity, the obvious question is how a burgeoning Jewish population could have developed across Europe in the period between...
