‘New perspectives on religious conversion in medieval England’ a review essay on Lauren Fogle, The King’s Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London, Lexington Books, Lanham 2019

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper is a review essay on a new publication concerning Anglo-Jewish history: Lauren Fogle, The King’s Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London. After addressing the contents of the aforementioned monograph, I concentrate on new aspects of research on Jewish medieval conversion to Christianity. The second part of the essay is dedicated to some methodological concerns. The essay closes with a discussion on the necessity of integrating the perspective of Jewish sources when writing about Jews.