‘New perspectives on religious conversion in medieval England’ a review essay on Lauren Fogle, The King’s Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London, Lexington Books, Lanham 2019

Ahuva Liberles*

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Abstract

This paper is a review essay on a new publication concerning Anglo-Jewish history: Lauren Fogle, The King’s Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London. After addressing the contents of the aforementioned monograph, I concentrate on new aspects of research on Jewish medieval conversion to Christianity. The second part of the essay is dedicated to some methodological concerns. The essay closes with a discussion on the necessity of integrating the perspective of Jewish sources when writing about Jews.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)103-114
Number of pages12
JournalJewish Culture and History
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation281/18

    Keywords

    • England
    • Jewish-Christian relations
    • Middle Ages
    • Religious conversion

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