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This book challenges the standard conception of the Middle Ages as a time of persecution for Jews. Jonathan Elukin traces the experience of Jews in Europe from late antiquity through the Renaissance and Reformation, revealing how the pluralism of medieval society allowed Jews to feel part of their local communities despite recurrent expressions of hatred against them. Elukin shows that Jews and Christians coexisted more or less peacefully for much of the Middle Ages, and that the violence directed at Jews was largely isolated and did not undermine their participation in the daily rhythms of

Studies of settlements in Italy indicate that during the Early Middle Ages (6th–9th centuries) the Italian population was stagnant, whereas a slow but persistent growth followed during the High Middle Ages (10th–13th). However, the components of the dynamics of the Italian population in the long period between the Justinian Plague (around 565 in Italy) and the Black Death (1348) are largely unknown. In this article, data from anthropometric analysis of the skeletons in 154 Italian cemeteries that date between the 1st century BCE and the 13th century are used to gain new insights on mortality of adults and nutrition. Adult mortality was higher during the Early Middle Ages than during the Roman Empire and the High Middle Ages, suggesting that the stagnation of population was determined by higher mortality. During the Early Middle Ages, however, nutritional levels were higher, as suggested by taller statures, more widespread meat consumption, and longer periods of breastfeeding. We discuss some possible research lines to resolve this apparent contradiction.

Decolonizing medieval Mexico / José Rabasa -- An enchanted mirror for the capitalist self : the Germania in British India / Ananya Jahanara Kabir -- Most gentle indeed, but most virile : the medievalist pacifism of George Arnold Wood / Louise D'Arcens -- Response: Historicism and its supplements : a note on a predicament shared by medieval and postcolonial studies / Dipesh Chakrabarty -- "Reconquista" and the "three religion Spain" in Latin American thought / Hernán G. Taboada -- Medievalism, colonialism, orientalism : Japan's modern identity in Natsume Soseki's Maboroshi no tate and kairo-ko / Haruko Momma -- Crossing history, dis-orienting the orient : Amin Maalouf's uses of the medieval / Francesca Canadé Sautman and Hamid Bahri -- Response: Working through medievalisms / Kathleen Davis -- Andrés Bello and the poem of the Cid : Latin America, occidentalism, and the foundations of Spain's national philology / Nadia Altschul -- Postcolonial gothic : the medievalism of America's national cathedrals / Elizabeth Emery -- An American in Paris : Charles Homer Haskins at the Paris Peace Conference / Heather Blurton -- Response: Medievalism and the making of nations / Michelle R. Warren -- African medievalisms : caste as a subtext in Ahmadou Kourouma's Suns of independence and Monnew / Sylvie Kandé -- A clash of medieval cultures : Amerindians and conquistadors in the thought of Wilson Harris / Kofi Campbell -- Medieval studies and the voice of conscience in twentieth-century South Africa / Victor Houliston -- Response: Africa and the signs of medievalism / Simon Gikandi