The long history of popular persecution was often countered and disapproved of by church and government leadership as i've read it, though im sure sentiments were quite a mixed affair. Church leaders and monarch's leaned on Jewish professional skills, and of course, their banking skills ie loans, which sometimes were not repaid. In Ukrai…
The long history of popular persecution was often countered and disapproved of by church and government leadership as i've read it, though im sure sentiments were quite a mixed affair. Church leaders and monarch's leaned on Jewish professional skills, and of course, their banking skills ie loans, which sometimes were not repaid. In Ukraine i think 1648? it was the breakdown of long standing political protection (Polish i think) which led to huge pogroms against Jews. Anti-Jewish sentiments do go back, even into the NT, but it really took off in the 2nd century. Jews were often sanctioned as "God killers". It's such a messy, dark history.
A LOT which happened with Christianity was as much populist as anything sanctioned by the various forms of the RCC . In the middle ages populist agitations of one form or another created all kinds of headaches which the leadership tried to quell or turn into opportunities or at least channel and divert. Try Dairmaid McCullough's rather long history of Christianity which delves into some of this. This was definitely NOT just about Jews since the church was also fending off charges of corruption. Likely also why Jews got tagged in these pogroms. For sure in my first citation.
My readings of the pogroms includes the practical realization of identifiable groups. The groups gathered in church could be identified as the faithful while all outside as threats.
I think the dedication of both groups kept them separable with the numbers deciding victims.
Thus as the largest faith of the region the RCC was the ultimate arbitrator of culture.
I'm not sure where we're going with this, but if you're saying "majority prevails" i guess that makes sense. I was trying to point out populist pressures. Eg the leading edge of the People's Crusade, which whipped up an emotional frenzy, led to a slaughter of Jews in Germany on the way to the Holy Land. "Mobs of predominantly poor Christians numbering in the thousands, led by Peter the Hermit, a French priest, were the first to respond. What has become known as the People's Crusade passed through Germany and indulged in wide-ranging anti-Jewish activities, including the Rhineland massacres. ".... "The clergy and nobility of Europe condemned the killing of Jews, and forbade it on subsequent crusades." excerpts from Wiki articles. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/People's_Crusade
I guess i was also suggesting we should be careful not to over polemicize "RCC". Anyway a very interesting topic!
The long history of popular persecution was often countered and disapproved of by church and government leadership as i've read it, though im sure sentiments were quite a mixed affair. Church leaders and monarch's leaned on Jewish professional skills, and of course, their banking skills ie loans, which sometimes were not repaid. In Ukraine i think 1648? it was the breakdown of long standing political protection (Polish i think) which led to huge pogroms against Jews. Anti-Jewish sentiments do go back, even into the NT, but it really took off in the 2nd century. Jews were often sanctioned as "God killers". It's such a messy, dark history.
A LOT which happened with Christianity was as much populist as anything sanctioned by the various forms of the RCC . In the middle ages populist agitations of one form or another created all kinds of headaches which the leadership tried to quell or turn into opportunities or at least channel and divert. Try Dairmaid McCullough's rather long history of Christianity which delves into some of this. This was definitely NOT just about Jews since the church was also fending off charges of corruption. Likely also why Jews got tagged in these pogroms. For sure in my first citation.
My readings of the pogroms includes the practical realization of identifiable groups. The groups gathered in church could be identified as the faithful while all outside as threats.
I think the dedication of both groups kept them separable with the numbers deciding victims.
Thus as the largest faith of the region the RCC was the ultimate arbitrator of culture.
I'm not sure where we're going with this, but if you're saying "majority prevails" i guess that makes sense. I was trying to point out populist pressures. Eg the leading edge of the People's Crusade, which whipped up an emotional frenzy, led to a slaughter of Jews in Germany on the way to the Holy Land. "Mobs of predominantly poor Christians numbering in the thousands, led by Peter the Hermit, a French priest, were the first to respond. What has become known as the People's Crusade passed through Germany and indulged in wide-ranging anti-Jewish activities, including the Rhineland massacres. ".... "The clergy and nobility of Europe condemned the killing of Jews, and forbade it on subsequent crusades." excerpts from Wiki articles. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/People's_Crusade
I guess i was also suggesting we should be careful not to over polemicize "RCC". Anyway a very interesting topic!