Medievalists.net » Benjamin of Tudela http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Project uses GIS to map Jewish communities of the Byzantine Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/05/project-uses-gis-to-map-jewish-communities-of-the-byzantine-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/05/project-uses-gis-to-map-jewish-communities-of-the-byzantine-empire/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:40:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41481 Geographic information systems – once limited to the domain of physical geographers – are emerging as a promising tool to study the past, as researchers are discovering for medieval history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/05/project-uses-gis-to-map-jewish-communities-of-the-byzantine-empire/feed/ 0 Walking in the Shadows of the Past: The Jewish Experience of Rome in the Twelfth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/walking-in-the-shadows-of-the-past-the-jewish-experience-of-rome-in-the-twelfth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/walking-in-the-shadows-of-the-past-the-jewish-experience-of-rome-in-the-twelfth-century/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:50:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30348 During this pivotal century and within the special microcosm of Rome, Jews and Christians experienced unusually robust cultural and social interactions, especially as the Jews increasingly aligned themselves with the protective power of the papacy.

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