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The Jew, the Cathedral and the Medieval City

Synagoga and Ecclesia in the Thirteenth Century [Hardback]

by Nina Rowe

    • Author

      Nina Rowe

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      April 2011

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      Product Description

      In the thirteenth century, sculptures of Synagoga and Ecclesia - paired female personifications of the Synagogue defeated and the Church triumphant - became a favoured motif on cathedral facades in France and Germany. Throughout the preceding centuries, the Jews of northern Europe prospered financially and intellectually, a trend that ran counter to the long-standing Christian conception of Jews as relics of the prehistory of the Church. In this book, Nina Rowe examines the sculptures as defining elements in the urban Jewish-Christian encounter. She locates the roots of the Synagoga-Ecclesia motif in antiquity and explores the theme's public manifestations at the cathedrals of Reims, Bamberg, and Strasbourg, considering each example in relation to local politics and culture. Ultimately, she demonstrates that royal and ecclesiastical policies to restrain the religious, social, and economic lives of Jews in the early thirteenth century found a material analog in lovely renderings of a downtrodden Synagoga, placed in the public arena of the city square.

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      • Author

        Nina Rowe

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        April 2011

      • Weight

        818g

      • Page Count

        346

      • Dimensions

        181 x 254 x 26 mm

      • ISBN

        9780521197441

      • ISBN-10

        0521197449

      • Eden Code

        4574826

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      • Author/Creator: Nina Rowe

      • ISBN: 9780521197441

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: April 2011

      • Weight: 818g

      • Dimensions: 181 x 254 x 26 mm

      • Eden Code: 4574826

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