The Friars and the Jews: The Evolution of Mediaeval Anti-Judaism

Cohen, Jeremy. The Friars and the Jews: The Evolution of Mediaeval Anti-Judaism. London: Cornell University Press
, 1982. 8vo. 301pp. Mottled brown cloth with label and gilt lettering to spine in original dust jacket. In this pioneering work of scholarship, Jeremy Cohen argues that the rise mendicant orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans in the 13th century led to an increase in Christian anti-Jewish hostility in the West as the Dominicans and Franciscans rejected the traditional Augustine Witness doctrine. This book serves as a major piece in the debate as to the origins of medieval Christian anti-Semitism. Cohen’s view has been contested particularly by Robert Chazan. Minor rubbing, scuffing to dj and boards. Very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (17038) $75