{"product_id":"between-christian-and-jew-conversion-and-inquisition-in-the-crown-of-aragon-12501391-9780812244212","title":"Between Christian and Jew  Conversion and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween Christian and Jew pivots around the inquisitorial trial of three Jews who were accused in 1341 of persuading Jewish apostates to return to Judaism and die as martyrs. This cultural history explores the worlds of Jews, Jewish converts, and medieval inquisitors as they intersected in northern Iberia in the Crown of Aragon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tartakoff's facility with the diverse and abundant source base makes her book an important new contribution to scholarship on medieval conversion.\" * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A shining example of microhistory. . . . \u003ci\u003eBetween Christian and Jew\u003c\/i\u003e is a careful and well-written study which through its clear focus raises important questions about medieval Jewish apostasy-for Jews and Christians of the time and for the apostates themselves.\" * \u003ci\u003eJewish Book World\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBetween Christian and Jew\u003c\/i\u003e represents a rare combination of a highly original study that makes major historiographical contributions and engages in sophisticated source analysis and in a moving story that resurrects historical subjects in a way that promotes the reader's curiosity and empathy. It not only offers a constructive new way of viewing the role Jewish converts played in Jewish-Christian coexistence that will inspire innovative future research but also stands as a model of readable history writing that other scholars should aspire to emulate.\" * \u003ci\u003eComitatus\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"An outstanding book and a compelling read, this is the first thorough account of a trial of Jews by the papal inquisition, under whose jurisdiction Jews did not normally fall. This is also the first work to attempt an overview of the phenomenon of Jewish conversion to Christianity in medieval Spain prior to the watershed of 1391, and Tartakoff's conclusions regarding the motives for conversion are very important.\" * Mark Meyerson, University of Toronto *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote on Names, Money, Terminology, and Transliterations   Map 1   Map 2   Map 3   Introduction    PART I. BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL   Four Arrests   Chapter 1. Defending the Faith: Medieval Inquisitors and the Prosecution of Jews and Converts   Chapter 2. From Resistance to Surrender: Jewish Responses to Inquisitorial   Prosecution   Four Condemnations    PART II. AT THE FONT OF NEW LIFE   Alatzar and Abadia, Baptized   Chapter 3. Between Doubt and Desire: Jewish Conversion, Converts, and Christian Society   Chapter 4. Homeward Bound: The Fates of Jewish Converts   Two Converts, Repentant    PART III. BY THE FIRE   The Intervention   Chapter 5. Apostasy as Scourge: Jews and the Repudiation of Apostates   Chapter 6. Recruiting Repentance: The Re-Judaization of Apostates   The Road to the Stake    Conclusion   List of Abbreviations   Notes   Glossary   Bibliography   Index   Acknowledgments","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405718954327,"sku":"9780812244212","price":52.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812244212.jpg?v=1730493384","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-christian-and-jew-conversion-and-inquisition-in-the-crown-of-aragon-12501391-9780812244212","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}