IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1119: Jewish Travellers in Europe and Asia in the High Middle Ages
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
Moderator/Chair: | Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds |
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Paper 1119-a | Jewish Travellers on the Rhine in the 12th-13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Daily Life, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
Abstract | This session is devoted to the experience of Jews travelling long distances in a non-Jewish world. Lifshitz's paper will engage with the experience of Rhine travellers who were Jewish, and their participation in the rise of commercial shipping. |