IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 301: The Lincoln Jewry, II: Memory, Myth, and Archaeology
Monday 1 July 2024, 16:30-18:00
| Sponsor: | Lincoln Record Society |
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| Organiser: | Dean A. Irwin, School of Humanities & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Moderator/Chair: | Katherine Weikert, School of History, Archaeology & Philosophy, University of Winchester |
| Paper 301-a | Jews and Ideas of Property in Medieval Lincoln (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Law and Social History |
| Paper 301-b | Little Hugh and the Jews of Lincoln, 1255: A Re-Appraisal (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies and Language and Literature - Latin |
| 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. |