The Easter Ban in the Merovingian Kingdoms: Ideal and Reality

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G. Halfond
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In mid-sixth-century Gaul, two episcopal councils issued canons, in 538 and 581/3, respectively, attempting to prohibit interaction between Jews and Christians between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday. The canons suggested that Jews, through their obstinate impiety, posed a threat to their Christian neighbors, particularly during that festal season associated with proselytization. While there is not corroborating evidence that the Merovingian-era Easter ban ever was put into effect, it should be understood not simply as an expression of Christian triumphalism, but rather as a sincere effort by the Gallo-Frankish bishops to protect their flocks from the “unbelieving Jews.” In an unintended consequence, the ban assigned far greater power and influence to Gallic Jews than they actually enjoyed.
墨洛温王国的复活节禁令:理想与现实
在六世纪中期的高卢,两个主教会议分别于538年和581/3年颁布了圣典,试图禁止犹太人和基督徒在濯足节星期四和复活节星期日之间的互动。圣典表明,犹太人由于顽固的不虔诚,对他们的基督教邻居构成了威胁,尤其是在与改宗相关的节日期间。虽然没有确凿的证据表明墨洛温时代的复活节禁令曾经生效,但它不应该被简单地理解为基督教必胜主义的表达,而应该被理解为加洛-法兰克主教为保护他们的羊群免受“不信的犹太人”的伤害所做的真诚努力,该禁令赋予高卢犹太人的权力和影响力远大于他们实际享有的权力和影响。
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Medieval Encounters
Medieval Encounters Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
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期刊介绍: Medieval Encounters promotes discussion and dialogue accross cultural, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries on the interactions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures during the period from the fourth through to the sixteenth century C.E. Culture is defined in its widest form to include art, all manner of history, languages, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, religion and science. The geographic limits of inquiry will be bounded only by the limits in which the traditions interacted. Confluence, too, will be construed in its widest form to permit exploration of more indirect interactions and influences and to permit examination of important subjects on a comparative basis.
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