Judaism and the Reshaping of Medieval Historiography
Julie Mell on Cordelia Hess Absent Jews is a rare book. It delves into modern history in order to reconsider medieval history. A
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Medieval Wisdom for Mental Health in COVID-19
Jenna Phillips on Boccaccio in Quarantine In the wake of the plague outbreak of the mid-fourteenth century, a Florentine physician named Tommaso del
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On Myths and Moneylenders
Rowan Dorin on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender In the century following the Black Death, new Jewish communities sprang up in
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Jewish Moneylending? Questioning Paradigms, Shattering Myths
Julie Mell responds to the forum on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender Eppur si muove – “And yet it moves . .
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Jews and The Red Scare: The Mythology of Judeo-Bolshevism
Elissa Bemporad on Paul Hanebrink Well-known scholars of Soviet history have failed to understand Jewish experience under communism in the early twentieth century.
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Border Crossings: Myths and Memories of Tolerance
Leslie Harkema Reviews Eric Calderwood’s Colonial al-Andalus This past summer, migrants from throughout Africa and elsewhere continued to make the journey to Ceuta and
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