Entangled negotiations: Josel of Rosheim and the peasant's rebellion of 1525

At the height of the 1525 Peasants' Rebellion, Josel of Rosheim negotiated directly with the peasants. Although he described this interaction in his writings, he omitted the content of their conversation. Previous scholars have examined the contemporaneous negotiation between the Christian auth...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Ḳaplan, Devorah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2016]
In: AJS review
Year: 2016, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 125-143
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Peasants' revolt / Josel, von Rosheim 1476-1554 / Negociation / Jews / Christianity / Relationship
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
CA Christianity
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Summary:At the height of the 1525 Peasants' Rebellion, Josel of Rosheim negotiated directly with the peasants. Although he described this interaction in his writings, he omitted the content of their conversation. Previous scholars have examined the contemporaneous negotiation between the Christian authorities in Strasbourg and the peasants as a parallel to Josel's negotiation. Their interpretations of what transpired between Josel and the peasants, heavily shaped by modern Jewish-Christian relations, are wanting. This article uses histoire croisée to reassess the negotiation. By considering the personal relationships between Josel and Strasbourg's political and religious leaders alongside Josel's writings, it argues that the Jewish and Christian negotiators coordinated their efforts. This case study models a method through which scholars can begin to move beyond recognizing parallels and toward analyzing the transmission of information and ideas between Jews and Chrisitians.
ISSN:1475-4541
Contains:Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0364009416000076