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...
| Publicado en: | Medieval encounters |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Brill
2021
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| En: |
Medieval encounters
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| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Fränkisches Reich
/ Historia 486-687
/ Tiempo pascual
/ Cristiano
/ Judíos
/ Comunicación interpersonal
/ Interdicción
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | BH Judaísmo CC Cristianismo ; Religión no cristiana ; Relaciones inter-religiosas KAD Alta Edad Media SB Derecho canónico |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Merovingian Gaul
B Canon Law B Councils B Synods B Easter Passover |
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| Sumario: | 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 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340104 |