HIS208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Talmud, Christian Culture, Middle Ages
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Cultural interactions between jews and christians in europe. Ashkenaz: hebrew word that appears several times in the bible, referring to places and people. In middle ages, the term came to refer to the jews living in germany, england and. In later periods, jews living in these areas immigrated from central europe to eastern. When we say ashkenazi jews today, we refer to jews from europe. Jews started moving to western and northern europe in the roman period from. Palestine, and were present there during the corinigian empire. In france, jews persisted from the roman period to beyond the middle ages. In germany, jewish communities only emerged in the 10th century, established by. Jewish merchants coming from the mediterranean and france. Jewish merchants also moved in and out of england. Settled in england and established communities in the 11th century. Ashkenaz communities were very small at the start but grew over time.
