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Article: Alienated Minority: The Jews of Medieval Latin Europe.(Brief Article)
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- Theological Studies
- Article date:
- September 1, 1993
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Edward Flannery, author of the classic work on Christian antisemitism, The Anguish of the Jews, once remarked that the pages missing from Christian history books are those which Jews know the best. This is especially applicable to the Medieval period. Stow's new volume will not make for easy reading; the sensitive Christian will come face-to-face, page after page, with the reality described in a recent PBS documentary as "the longest hatred."
The volume covers a period of some 1000 years, beginning with the fifth century. The life of the Jewish community during these centuries is set within the overall framework of European culture and political life. Clearly ...