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...
| Publié dans: | Medieval encounters |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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Medieval encounters
Année: 2021, Volume: 27, Numéro: 3, Pages: 241-265 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Fränkisches Reich
/ Histoire 486-687
/ Temps pascal
/ Chrétien
/ Juifs
/ Communication interpersonnelle
/ Interdiction
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| Classifications IxTheo: | BH Judaïsme CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses KAD Haut Moyen Âge SB Droit canonique |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Merovingian Gaul
B Canon Law B Councils B Synods B Easter Passover |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340104 |