The Jews of Europe around 1400. Disruption, Crisis, and Resilience

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The period following the 'Black Death' of 1348-50, often labelled as an age of crisis and decline in Jewish history, is marked by repeated waves of persecution and expulsion both in the Ashkenazic lands of Central Europe (Germany, Bohemia) and in the Mediterranean world (Spain, Italy, and Crete). At the same time, however, the era was also characterized by dynamic efforts on the part of Jewish individuals and communities all over Europe to cope with outside disruption and internal tensions and to adapt to the changing circumstances. This collection of essays addresses these processes from various vantage points, investigating the analytical potential of the concept of 'resilience' for medieval studies. With contributions by Lukas Clemens and Christoph Cluse, Claude Denjean, Maurice Kriegel, Rena Lauer, Jörg R. M|ller, Simon Neuberg, Lucia Raspe, Michael Schlachter, Juliette Sibon, Alessandra Veronese, Andreas Weber, and Milan zonca. Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Preface Lukas Clemens and Christoph Cluse: European Jewry around 1400: Disruption, Crisis, and Resilience Problems and Research Perspectives Michael Schlachter: Iudei ... reversi sunt: Zur Reorganisation jüdischen Lebens in Aschkenas nach 1350 Andreas Weber: Life and Livelihood at Risk: Strategies of Ashkenazi Jews Facing the Threats of the 1380s and 1390s Jörg R. Müller: Kaufmann von Speyer und die Burg SpangenbergEin Fall individueller jüdischer Resilienz im späten 14. Jahrhundert Milan Žonca: The ‘Imagined Communities’ of Yom Ṭov Lipman Mühlhausen: Heresy and Communal Boundaries in Sefer Niẓẓaḥon Simon Neuberg: Die jiddischen Texte über die Wiener Gesera von 1420/21 Alessandra Veronese: Ashkenazi Immigrants in Northern Italy and their Relations with the Italian Jewish Population, c. 1380−1420 Lucia Raspe: The Migration of German Jews into Italy and the Emergence of Local Rites of Seliḥot Recitation Rena N. Lauer: German Jews and Ashkenazi Ideas in Venetian Crete Claude Denjean: Crise de 1300 ? Crise de 1400 ? Les juifs et la mauvaise réputation dans les conflits sociaux autour de 1400 Maurice Kriegel: Paul de Burgos et Profiat Duran déchiffrent 1391 Juliette Sibon: The Jews of Marseilles around 1400: Crisis of Decline or Crisis of Adjustments? Index of personal names and place-names