Shatzmiller, Joseph, <br/><br/>
Cultural exchange :  Jews, Christians, and art in the medieval marketplace / 
Joseph Shatzmiller. 
 - Princeton, New Jersey :  Princeton University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 185 pages) 
 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>part 1. Pawnbrokers : agents of cultural transmission --  part 2. Human imagery in medieval Ashkenaz --  part 3. At the marketplace : professionals in the service of the "other." 
<br/><br/> Demonstrating that similarities between Jewish and Christian art in the Middle Ages were more than coincidental, Cultural Exchange meticulously combines a wide range of sources to show how Jews and Christians exchanged artistic and material culture. Joseph Shatzmiller focuses on communities in northern Europe, Iberia, and other Mediterranean societies where Jews and Christians coexisted for centuries, and he synthesizes the most current research to describe the daily encounters that enabled both societies to appreciate common artistic values. Detailing the transmission of cult. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400846092 9780691176185 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--Civilization.--Europe, Western<br/>Jews--Social life and customs--Europe, Western--To 1500.<br/>Christians--Civilization.--Europe, Western<br/>Christians--Social life and customs--Europe, Western--To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS135  / .C858 2013