At the Gate of Christendom: Jews, Muslims and 'Pagans' in Medieval Hungary, C.1000 - C.1300

ISBN-13: 9780521651851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 364 str.

Nora Berend

Opis

This is a study of the economic, social, legal and religious position of three minorities within the medieval Christian kingdom of Hungary. The book demonstrates that the status of such minorities depended not simply on Christian religious tenets, but on a larger framework--including the legal and social system, economic possibilities, and conflicts between kings and the clergy. It also investigates the situation "at the gate of Christendom"--the frontier with the nomad world--and the way this affected both Christian and non-Christian interaction and Christian ideology.

Recenzje

'… her conclusions on the usefulness of the term 'ethnicity' should be taken further …'. Journal of Jewish Studies

Spis treści

List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Hungary: a frontier society; 2. Christians and non-Christians; 3. The legal position of Hungary's non-Christian population; 4. Non-Christians in Hungarian economy and society; 5. Conflicts between the papacy and the kings; 6. Christian perceptions and attitudes; 7. Non-Christian communities: continuity, transformation, conversion and assimilation; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.