Article: European Jewry and the First Crusade.

By Robert Chazan. (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. 380. $17.95.)

Although much has been written in the past 10 years on the subject of the First Crusade and the Jews, Robert Chazan's book remains the starting point for discussions of this tumultuous period in Jewish history. Its appearance in paperback will therefore be a boon for educators and students alike. While the book opens with a treatment of the birth and development of Ashkenazi (northern European) Jewry, Chazans work is mainly devoted to a close historical analysis of the Hebrew chronicles, which describe the experience of the Jews during the First Crusade. Chazan ...

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