Cultural Exchange

Jews, Christians, and Art in the Medieval Marketplace

Joseph Shatzmiller

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English

Princeton University Pres
17 July 2017

History; Medieval history; Social & cultural history; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World

Demonstrating that similarities between Jewish and Christian art in the Middle Ages were more than coincidental, Cultural Exchange meticulously combines a wide range of sources to show how Jews and Christians exchanged artistic and material culture.

Joseph Shatzmiller focuses on communities in northern Europe, Iberia, and other Mediterranean societies where Jews and Christians coexisted for centuries, and he synthesizes the most current research to describe the daily encounters that enabled both societies to appreciate common artistic values. Detailing the transmission of cultural sensibilities in the medieval money market and the world of Jewish money lenders, this book examines objects pawned by peasants and humble citizens, sacred relics exchanged by the clergy as security for loans, and aesthetic goods given up by the Christian well-to-do who required financial assistance.

The work also explores frescoes and decorations likely painted by non-Jews in medieval and early modern Jewish homes located in Germanic lands, and the ways in which Jews hired Christian artists and craftsmen to decorate Hebrew prayer books and create liturgical objects. Conversely, Christians frequently hired Jewish craftsmen to produce liturgical objects used in Christian churches.

With rich archival documentation, Cultural Exchange sheds light on the social and economic history of the creation of Jewish and Christian art, and expands the general understanding of cultural exchange in brand-new ways.

By: Joseph Shatzmiller
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780691176185
ISBN 10: 0691176183
Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 17 July 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations vii Preface xi Introduction 1 Part 1 Pawnbrokers: Agents of Cultural Transmission 5 Chapter 1 Financial Activities in the Medieval Marketplace 7 Chapter 2 Securities for Loans: Church Liturgical Objects 22 Chapter 3 High Finance: Urban and Princely Pledges 45 Part 2 Human Imagery in Medieval Ashkenaz 59 Chapter 4 The Decorated Home of the Rabbi of Zurich 61 Chapter 5 German Jews and Figurative Art: Appreciation and Reservation 73 Part 3 At the Marketplace: Professionals in the Service of the Other 111 Chapter 6 Christian Artists and Jewish Patronage 113 Chapter 7 Jewish Craftsmanship at the Service of the Church 141 Conclusions 158 Appendix Jewish Traditions and Ceremonies: How Original? 162 Select Bibliography 167 Index 177

Joseph Shatzmiller is the Smart Family Professor of Judaic Studies at Duke University. He is the author of Shylock Reconsidered and Jews, Medicine, and Medieval Society.

Reviews for Cultural Exchange: Jews, Christians, and Art in the Medieval Marketplace

Clearly, this book is only the beginning of a series of works dedicated to the study of material links between medieval Jewish and Christian communities and of the interdependence they unveil. And we can only hope that its successors will keep up the high standards of writing and methodological expertise established in Cultural Exchange by Joseph Shatzmiller. --Andor Kelenhegyi, European Review of History