Adrienne Williams Boyarin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5692281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrienne Williams Boyarin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrienne Williams |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyarin |
| SIGNATURE | BOYARIN A W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Victoria Victoria, BC Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6831-6306 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rachel Was Shapely and Beautiful«
This article examines the life of Rachel Lumbard of Nottingham, a Jewish woman who appears in English national records from 1221–1251. Placing Rachel’s »archival debris« in the context of critical archival studies, recent work on »hostile archives«, and the difficulties of writing ordinary women’s histories, it uses the legal and financial remnants of Rachel and her family, along with critical imagination and informed speculation, to construct a …
Medieval England’s Jewish Diaspora and Critical Archival Studies
The Mother Tongues of Medieval English Jews
Scholars of Anglo-Jewish history have traditionally described medieval English Jews as French-speaking, and there is strong and varied evidence of their facility with French, as well as with Hebrew, Aramaic, and (in some circles) Latin. The question of whether medieval English Jews spoke English, however, remains underdetermined. While many have noted the possibility in recent decades, no sustained study of the question exists. This article, by c…
Jewish Women in the Medieval World, 500–1500 CE
Sarah Ifft Decker’s Jewish Women in the Medieval World, 500–1500 is a fantastic new resource for students, teachers, and those new to the history of medieval Jewish communities. True to the aims of Routledge’s Seminar Studies series, this slim volume—affordable at $37.56 in paperback and eBook—offers an erudite introduction not only to medieval Jewish women but also to Judaism in the medieval world, all in a style wholly accessible to those with …
England’s Jews
The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess
In the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, Trinity Term 1277, Adrienne Williams Boyarin finds the case of one Sampson son of Samuel, a Jew of Northampton, arrested for impersonating a Franciscan friar and preaching false Christianity. He was sentenced to walk for three days through the centers of London, Canterbury, Oxford, Lincoln, and Northampton carrying the entrails and flayed skin of a calf and exposing his naked, circumcised body to on…
Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess
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Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess
The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess
In the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, Trinity Term 1277, Adrienne Williams Boyarin finds the case of one Sampson son of Samuel, a Jew of Northampton, arrested for impersonating a Franciscan friar and preaching false Christianity. He was sentenced to walk for three days through the centers of London, Canterbury, Oxford, Lincoln, and Northampton carrying the entrails and flayed skin of a calf and exposing his naked, circumcised body to on…
Jewish Women in the Medieval World, 500–1500 CE
Sarah Ifft Decker’s Jewish Women in the Medieval World, 500–1500 is a fantastic new resource for students, teachers, and those new to the history of medieval Jewish communities. True to the aims of Routledge’s Seminar Studies series, this slim volume—affordable at $37.56 in paperback and eBook—offers an erudite introduction not only to medieval Jewish women but also to Judaism in the medieval world, all in a style wholly accessible to those with …
England’s Jews
The Mother Tongues of Medieval English Jews
Scholars of Anglo-Jewish history have traditionally described medieval English Jews as French-speaking, and there is strong and varied evidence of their facility with French, as well as with Hebrew, Aramaic, and (in some circles) Latin. The question of whether medieval English Jews spoke English, however, remains underdetermined. While many have noted the possibility in recent decades, no sustained study of the question exists. This article, by c…
Rachel Was Shapely and Beautiful«
This article examines the life of Rachel Lumbard of Nottingham, a Jewish woman who appears in English national records from 1221–1251. Placing Rachel’s »archival debris« in the context of critical archival studies, recent work on »hostile archives«, and the difficulties of writing ordinary women’s histories, it uses the legal and financial remnants of Rachel and her family, along with critical imagination and informed speculation, to construct a …
Medieval England’s Jewish Diaspora and Critical Archival Studies
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Classics (2 works) · American Jewish Fiction Analysis (1 work) · Antisemitism (1 work)