Abstract
Discusses different views of historians concerning the motivations of the Crusaders' attacks against the Jews in the Rhineland in 1096. Some historians claim that they wanted to convert the Jews, while others contend that they wanted to kill as many Jews as possible to avenge the death of Jesus. Focuses on events in Worms and Mainz, based on Hebrew and Latin chronicles. Although some of these suggest that the Jews could have saved themselves through conversion, most of them state clearly that the Crusaders were bent on murder, and therefore the Jews had no choice.
Original language | Hebrew |
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Title of host publication | Be'erot Yitzhak |
Pages | 31*-59* |
Number of pages | 29 |
State | Published - 2005 |
RAMBI Publications
- RAMBI Publications
- Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 11th century
- Conversion -- History -- To 1500
- Crusades -- First, 1096-1099
- Jews -- Germany -- Historiography
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 11th century
- Jews -- Germany -- Mainz -- History -- 11th century
- Jews -- Germany -- Worms -- History -- 11th century