Medieval Jewish History

The Maharam of Rothenburg, one of the greatest medieval rabbis, was kidnapped by Christians and ransomed for an exorbitant sum,...

In 1242, Louis IX, later St. Louis, had 24 cartloads of the Talmud burned, effectively ending Jewish life in France...

The knights of the First Crusade were unholy warriors who killed 25,000 innocent Jews on the way to conquer the...

The Great Debate between Nachmanides and an apostate Jew before King James I of Aragon marked a turning point in...

  In a book to be published March 10, Pope Benedict XVI writes that the Jews are not responsible for...

When Constantine, the emperor of Rome, became a Christian it meant that the empire became Christian, with momentous consequences for...

From a sect of Jews to a world dominating religion that defeated the Roman Empire, the story of Christianity is...

“The Tribunal of the Inquisition” by Francisco de Goya The current three-week period on the Jewish...

Old synagogue in Troyes. May 8, 1146 was the date of one of the most extraordinary...

Jewish cemetery in Worms, Germany credits Gerd Eichmann The weeks after Passover are marked as a...