The Palgrave Dictionary of Medieval Anglo-Jewish History

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-32603-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 447 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Using a wide range of rich original sources, this unique reference guide provides a remarkable picture of England's medieval Jewry. Following an extensive introduction, the dictionary includes illustrations, maps, and over 40 topographic, 30 biographic and 80 general entries, including texts of key legislation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hillaby, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations Preface, including listings of topographic, biographic and general entries Acknowledgements Abbreviations English Medieval Jewry, 1135-1290: An Introduction The Dictionary Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Joe Hillaby is an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Bristol. A Council Member of the Jewish Historical Society of England since 1995, he served as President 2006–8. An acknowledged authority on the English medieval Jewry, he has published detailed studies of the medieval Jewries of London, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester and Bristol, the 12th-century Jewish colonisation of England, the English medieval synagogue, and ritual-child-murder accusations. His wife Caroline has collaborated with him in these and other projects.