This book presents a clear, highly readable chronicle of the events of 1096, the First Crusade, or, more precisely, of the pogroms unleashed by the Crusade upon the Jews of the Rhineland. It assesses the significance of the events of 1096 within the larger framework of Jewish history, including both the sweep of anti-Jewish persecution and the record of Jewish resistance to persecution.
This book presents a clear, highly readable chronicle of the events of 1096, the First Crusade, or, more precisely, of the pogroms unleashed by the Crusade upon the Jews of the Rhineland. It assesses the significance of the events of 1096 within the larger framework of Jewish history, including both the sweep of anti-Jewish persecution and the record of Jewish resistance to persecution.