The Friars and the Jews: The Evolution of Medieval Anti-Judaism

Author/Contributor(s):	Cohen, Jeremy
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	04/15/1985
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"Cohen argues that it was in the thirteenth century that a fundamental shift occurred in the Christian perception of both Judaism and Jews in Western Europe, and he attributes this change to the activities of the newly-formed mendicant orders--the Dominicans and Franciscans. In order to make this case as effectively as he does, the author has to...