The Jewish Pope: Ideology and Politics in the Papal Schism of 1130

The Jewish Pope: Ideology and Politics in the Papal Schism of 1130
ISBN-10
9004085904
ISBN-13
9789004085909
Category
Religion
Pages
205
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Mary Stroll

Description

Examines the struggle between Innocent II and Anacletus II, a member of the Roman Pierleoni family which had converted from Judaism to Christianity. In contrast to the prevailing theory that the split was ideological and that Innocent and his supporters in the monastic movement (e.g., Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter the Venerable, Matthew of Albano) represented a progressive church reform party, argues that it was basically political. Anacletus' Jewish origin and his family's banking activities were exploited in a successful campaign of vilification against him. Ch. 15 (pp. 156-168), "The Anatomy of the Schism: The Jewish Element", shows how increased antisemitism after the First Crusade and the image of the Jew as a usurer contributed to this campaign.

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