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10644 Jews and Christians in Western Europe: Encounter between Cultures in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (in Russian)

Credits: 6 intermediate credits in Medieval History or in Medieval History of the Jewish People

Prerequisites: none

The course is a translation of the course Jews and Christians in Western Europe: Encounter between Cultures in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance from the Hebrew. Explanations and comments have been added for the Russian reader.

Topics: Jacob and Esau; Majority and minority; Resemblance and difference (language, housing, dress); Jews before the Christian courts of justice: The Jewish oath; The Jewish-Christian debate; Hebraica Veritas; Faith and reason; Images of the past; The blood libel; The Anusim (forced converts) ; Jews and Christians in the Age of Reformation.

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1In the CIS, the course is given in two parts: Part I (42108): Units 1-5; Part II (42109): Units 6-10. Students will get no more than 6 credits for this course even if taken in more than one language.