Medievalists.net » Edict of Expulsion/The Alhambra Decree http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Cathedral of Bourges: A Witness to Judeo-Christian Dialogue in Medieval Berry http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/the-cathedral-of-bourges-a-witness-to-judeo-christian-dialogue-in-medieval-berry/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/the-cathedral-of-bourges-a-witness-to-judeo-christian-dialogue-in-medieval-berry/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:05:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40243 Positing any kind of Jewish-Christian “golden age” in Western Europe during the medieval centuries may seem somewhat foolish in light of what happened to Jews between 1240 and 1492: expulsions, forced conversions, social and political ostracism, deprivation of income and compa- rable economic oppression, accusation of and prosecution for so-called “crimes” against Christians, periodic rampages by Crusaders, and other attacks—both physical and mental— which functioned as insults to Judaism.

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