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Article: The Medieval Crusade.(Book review)
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- The Historian
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- March 22, 2007
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The Medieval Crusade. Edited by Susan J. Rudyard. (Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.: Boydell & Brewer, 2004. Pp. ix, 177. $70.00.)
This book is a collection of articles presenting the newest interpretations and corrections to Crusading historiography. Knowledge of the Crusades is necessary, as this book is not a general history.
Before its armies ever left Europe, the First Crusade began with anti-Jewish pogroms, mainly in the Rhineland, launching a sad history of European anti-Semitism. Robert Chazan observes that around the time of the First Crusade, Jews shared the messianic expectations held by Christians. He then notes that Jewish anti-Christian polemics ...
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