TY - JOUR
T1 - Rabbenu Tam and Count Henry the Liberal
T2 - New Sources
AU - Dubovick, Yosaif Mordechai
AU - Reiner, Avraham
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - Recent scholarship has demonstrated the political and intellectual connections between Rabbi Jacob ben Meir (‘Rabbenu Tam’) and Henry the Liberal, Count of Champagne, and his court. Further evidence found in Hebrew manuscript sources serves to fine-tune earlier conclusions and provide new insights regarding the unique nature of the relationship. Rabbenu Tam's rulings on matters of secular governance suggest a positivistic stance toward Henry's rule vis-a-vis baronial authority in the 1150s and 1160s, at a time when Champagne was rapidly developing politically and economically.
AB - Recent scholarship has demonstrated the political and intellectual connections between Rabbi Jacob ben Meir (‘Rabbenu Tam’) and Henry the Liberal, Count of Champagne, and his court. Further evidence found in Hebrew manuscript sources serves to fine-tune earlier conclusions and provide new insights regarding the unique nature of the relationship. Rabbenu Tam's rulings on matters of secular governance suggest a positivistic stance toward Henry's rule vis-a-vis baronial authority in the 1150s and 1160s, at a time when Champagne was rapidly developing politically and economically.
KW - divine requital
KW - Henry the Liberal, Count of Champagne
KW - Marie, Countess of Champagne
KW - Medieval Jewish land ownership
KW - Medieval Jewish responsa
KW - R. Tam
KW - surety
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105004447393&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03044181.2024.2415639
DO - 10.1080/03044181.2024.2415639
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105004447393
SN - 0304-4181
VL - 50
SP - 563
EP - 572
JO - Journal of Medieval History
JF - Journal of Medieval History
IS - 5
ER -