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...
| 發表在: | Medieval encounters |
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Medieval encounters
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Fränkisches Reich
/ 歷史 486-687
/ 復活節期
/ 基督徒
/ 猶太人
/ 人際溝通
/ 禁令
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Merovingian Gaul
B Canon Law B Councils B Synods B Easter Passover |
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| 總結: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340104 |