IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 201: The Lincoln Jewry, I: Financial and Legal Sources
Monday 1 July 2024, 14:15-15:45
| Sponsor: | Lincoln Record Society |
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| Organiser: | Dean A. Irwin, School of Humanities & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Moderator/Chair: | Louise J. Wilkinson, School of Humanities & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Paper 201-a | A Tale of Two (Lincolnshire) Jewries: Lincoln and Stamford in the Jewish Receipt Rolls (Language: English) Index terms: Administration and Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Paper 201-b | Hagin, Son of Master Moses: Tracing the Life of a Prominent Lincoln Jew (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Hebrew and Jewish Studies and Law |
| Paper 201-c | Rabbinic Scholars in Medieval Lincoln (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Hebrew and Jewish Studies and Law |
| Abstract | There was a Jewish community at Lincoln by the 1150s. It was one of the leading communities of the kingdom and from the 1250s (at the latest) onwards, it seems to have been the second community in the realm, after London. The Lincoln Jewry was home to some of the greatest Jews in medieval English history including Hagin son of Master Moses who, from 1257, was the Archpresbyter of the Jews. As would be expected, therefore, the Lincoln Jewry is richly documented, in both the Latin and Hebrew sources. Equally, it occupies a difficult position in terms of memory, notably as the home of the Little Hugh of Lincoln case. Despite the richness of sources which allow us to access the community, Lincoln’s importance has not always been reflected in the historiography. Consequently, these panels will work to redress that imbalance, beginning a conversation on how we access the medieval Lincoln Jewry. The diverse nature of the sources allows that conversation to be multidisciplinary, in a way that is not possible for most other Anglo-Jewish communities. The speakers will situate Lincoln within its local and national context, as well as within the landscape of history and memory. |