The ''Mainz Anonymous'' (or the ''Narrative of the Old Persecutions'') is an account of the
First Crusade of 1096 written soon thereafter by an
anonymous
Anonymous may refer to:
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* Anonym ...
Jewish author. The work is written in
Hebrew. Its author is unknown and it deals primarily with the Crusaders' actions in
Mainz; hence the name commonly applied to it. However, it also deals with the
ShUM-cities in the
Rhineland, specifically
Speyer and
Worms. It is not entirely
accurate: it has a definite Jewish
point of view and fictionalizes
anecdotes occasionally to make a point. It also includes occasional anguished
supplications to
God.
References and further reading
*
Robert Chazan, ''European Jewry and the First Crusade'' (
California, 1987).
*Robert Chazan, ''In the Year 1096: The First Crusade and the Jews'' (
JPS, 1996).
*A. M. Habermann, ''גזרות אשכנז וצרפת''
'Massacres of France and Germany'', Hebrew(c. 1945).
External links
* Google Books copy of
"The+Narrative+of+the+Old+Persecutions"'
* Copy of ''The Narrative of Old Persecutions'' at
York University
Anonymous works
Crusade literature
Crusade chronicles
German chronicles
Jewish medieval literature
Hebrew manuscripts
11th-century history books
Mainz
First Crusade
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