HIS208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Museum Of The Jewish People At Beit Hatfutsot, Muslim Hands, Matzo
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Anti-judaism in this period: was developed and expressed by the religious authorities, but not all ordinary people internalized this message. The jews were a religious minority in christian europe. In medieval europe, christianity was the majority, and there was not a lot of religious diversity apart from the jews. Anti-semitism became stronger as jewish visibility grew with their increased population. Jewish merchants were invited by christian monarchs who were interested in developing the economic life of their territories. The arrangements between the jewish merchants and the christian monarchs showed that the jews were dependent on the monarchs. The jews were invited to settle on christian territory = put them in a weak position in terms of social status. While they received certain privileges and protection, it created hostility between the. Jews and the christian habitants of the region. Jews were introduced into christian collective consciousness as enemies of christianity.
