The Easter Ban in the Merovingian Kingdoms: Ideal and Reality
Abstract In mid-sixth-century Gaul, two episcopal councils issued canons, in 538 and 581/3, respectively, attempting to prohibit interaction between Jews and Christians between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday. The canons suggested that Jews, through their obstinate impiety, posed a threat to their...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Medieval encounters |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2021
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Medieval encounters
Jahr: 2021, Band: 27, Heft: 3, Seiten: 241-265 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Fränkisches Reich
/ Geschichte 486-687
/ Osterzeit
/ Christ
/ Juden
/ Interpersonale Kommunikation
/ Verbot
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| IxTheo Notationen: | BH Judentum CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen KAD Kirchengeschichte 500-900; Frühmittelalter SB Katholisches Kirchenrecht |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Merovingian Gaul
B Canon Law B Councils B Synods B Easter Passover |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Abstract In mid-sixth-century Gaul, two episcopal councils issued canons, in 538 and 581/3, respectively, attempting to prohibit interaction between Jews and Christians between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday. The canons suggested that Jews, through their obstinate impiety, posed a threat to their Christian neighbors, particularly during that festal season associated with proselytization. While there is not corroborating evidence that the Merovingian-era Easter ban ever was put into effect, it should be understood not simply as an expression of Christian triumphalism, but rather as a sincere effort by the Gallo-Frankish bishops to protect their flocks from the “unbelieving Jews.” In an unintended consequence, the ban assigned far greater power and influence to Gallic Jews than they actually enjoyed. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340104 |