Daily Archives: October 6, 2011
Meeting opening the 5772 session: 16 October 2011, ‘The Cairo Genizah: A not-so-horrible history of the Jewish Middle Ages’, Dr Ben Outhwaite, Cambridge
The remarkable treasure trove of manuscripts preserved by the Jewish community of medieval Cairo continues to astound researchers with the detailed picture it paints of life in the Middle Ages. Far from being ‘nasty, brutish and short’, life for the … Continue reading
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