Dear List Members;
I am currently working on English Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages. In
particular I am focusing on the clerical role and the effect of
anti-Jewish sermons.
Cecil Roth in his History of the Jews in England wrote:
"In accordance with the provisions of the Papal Bull Vineam Sore of the
previous year [1279] conversionist sermons were instituted in England.
This innovation was reinforced shortly after by the full weight of
royal authority, in a decree ordering all Jews to attend the discourses
that were to be arranged for their benefit during the coming Lent."
Roth documents this with the Patent Rolls of 1280 - and then explains
that such types of sermons were not generally used on the continent
until the Catholic Reformation.
I would appreciate any more leads in reference to this subject. Aside,
from Roth I am not sure how many historians have even looked at this
subject of conversionist sermons. --Anything you can offer is greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Tim Kovalcik
University of Bristol
On Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:56:38 +0000 Jessalynn Bird
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear listmembers,
>
>
> As part of my thesis, I am writing on the impact of the prophecies
> circulating in the crusader camp before Damietta during the Fifth
> crusade. I possess some proof that prophecies concerning the success
> of a crusade led by an emperor possessed some impact upon the planning
> of Frederick's crusade even after the loss of Damietta in 1221 (since
> two clergymen enamored of these prophecies, Oliver of Paderborn and
> James of Vitry, were also involved in promoving Frederick's crusade in
> the 1220s). However, I have also encountered passing references to
> prophecies concerning a Christian emperor attached to Frederick
> Barbarossa which may have separately influenced Frederick II's
> conception of his role as leader of a crusade. Alas, there were no
> footnotes!
>
> My query is: apart from the Joachimist and Sybilline prophecies
> already circulating during the Third crusade which were applied to
> both Philip Augustus and Richard the Lionheart, does anyone know of a
> prophetic tradition applied to Frederick Barbarossa? I would also be
> interested in concrete evidence for prophecies being applied to
> Frederick II and his crusade in the 1220s and 1230s (I'm already aware
> of the venerable prophetic tradition regarding Frederick and German
> emperors in general prevalent in the later thirteenth century). I've
> already looked at various appropriate chronicles, Caesarius of
> Heisterbach, and some of the standard works on Frederick (Kantorowicz,
> Van Cleve, Abulafia), but have drawn blanks.
>
> All contributions will be gratefully acknowledged in print.
>
----------------------
TM Kovalcik, Theology and Religious Studies
[log in to unmask]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|