Interfaith Relations in the Fourteenth Century
Sponsoring Organization(s)
14th Century Society
Organizer Name
Maya Soifer Irish
Organizer Affiliation
Rice Univ.
Presider Name
Maya Soifer Irish
Paper Title 1
"Aleph!": Islamic Prosperity and the Destruction of Christians in Riccoldo da Montecroce's Letters to the Triumphant Church
Presenter 1 Name
Davide Scotto
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Eberhard Karls Univ. Tübingen
Paper Title 2
Jews in the Byzantine Empire in the Fourteenth Century
Presenter 2 Name
Petros N. Toulis (Congress Travel Award Winner)
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki
Paper Title 3
From Halakhah to Kabbalah: The Evolution of the Jewish Animosity against the Gentiles
Presenter 3 Name
Federico Dal Bo
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Institute for Cultural Inquiry Berlin
Paper Title 4
"Collusion" between Old Christians and Jews/Conversos in Majorca following the 1391 Riots
Presenter 4 Name
Natalie Oeltjen
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Toronto
Start Date
14-5-2016 3:30 PM
Session Location
Bernhard 205
Description
The session explores how the many crises and transformations of the fourteenth century affected relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Mediterranean. Focusing specifically on Spain, Italy, and Byzantium, the papers will demonstrate continuities, as well as breaks, with the medieval traditions of toleration for religious minorities.
Maya Soifer Irish
Interfaith Relations in the Fourteenth Century
Bernhard 205
The session explores how the many crises and transformations of the fourteenth century affected relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Mediterranean. Focusing specifically on Spain, Italy, and Byzantium, the papers will demonstrate continuities, as well as breaks, with the medieval traditions of toleration for religious minorities.
Maya Soifer Irish