Description: Anna Sapir Abulafia examines the way Europe was transformed in the central middle ages, a period which has come to be known as the `twelfth century renaissance.' She reveals the consequences for the only non-Christian minority in Europe: the Jews.
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`Dr Abulafia's well-documented and thought provoking study primarily concerns the attitudes of Christian to Jews; Dr Abulafia gives an original and stimulating account.' - Jrnl of Theological Studies
`This is a stimulating, well-written and demanding book. The thesis is challenging, the book of immense value to anyone trying to understand both the 12th century church and European anti-semitism.' - Theolgical Book Review `Anna Sapir Abulafia has produced a work of exceptional clarity, precision and fluency, an admirable feat given the complexity of her subject.' - Jewish History Altogether Bisson has succeeded in assembling a group of independant studies by distinguished medievalists, which, diverse as they are, collectively make up a valuable and stimulating volume on a formative period in the histoyr of power.' - Marjorie Chibnall, English Historical Review, November 1997