The Mass Conversion of 1495 in South Italy and its Precedents: a Comparative Approach
Forced mass conversions were relatively rare in the Middle Ages but they have a central place in both medieval narratives and modern historiography. A distinction should be made between conversions ordered by Christian rulers, and pressure to convert coming from popular elements. Some well-known exa...
| Published in: | Medieval encounters |
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| Subtitles: | The Mass Conversion of fourteen ninety-five in South Italy and its Precedents |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Medieval encounters
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kingdom
/ Jews
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Compulsion
/ Christianity
/ Jewish persecution
/ Church history studies 1391-1495
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| RelBib Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBJ Italy RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Christians
B Ferrante I of Naples B Sicily B Charles VIII of France B Jews B Migration B expulsion of 1492 B Conversion B Conversos B Southern Italy |
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| Summary: | Forced mass conversions were relatively rare in the Middle Ages but they have a central place in both medieval narratives and modern historiography. A distinction should be made between conversions ordered by Christian rulers, and pressure to convert coming from popular elements. Some well-known examples of the first category are the baptism ordered by the Visigothic rulers in Spain and the forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal. The mass conversion of the Jews of the kingdom of Naples in 1495 belongs to the second category.The article proposes to analyze the causes leading to the outbursts of violence against Jews in 1495 and the resulting mass conversions by making use of primary sources such as contemporary Italian and Hebrew chronicles, rabbinic responsa, and Sicilian material. Finally it proposes a comparison with other events of mass conversion, and principally that of 1391 in Castile and Aragon. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340045 |