☕Maharam was a rabbi of rabbis, a pietist and Tosafist, the towering authority of all Ashkenazi—who witnessed the Disputation of Paris, endured royal power struggles, and kept writing through it all.
Thanks for the very cool chart on influences. I know that during the same time period, Provence had a very active Jewish community that often acted as a bridge between Sephardi thought and the non-Arabic speaking Ashkenaz world (e.g., the ibn Tibbon family's famous translations). Is there much back and forth between the Northern French/German Ashkenaz world that you've been detailing and the Provencal/Southern French world that straddles between Ashkenaz and Sepharad?
Thanks for the very cool chart on influences. I know that during the same time period, Provence had a very active Jewish community that often acted as a bridge between Sephardi thought and the non-Arabic speaking Ashkenaz world (e.g., the ibn Tibbon family's famous translations). Is there much back and forth between the Northern French/German Ashkenaz world that you've been detailing and the Provencal/Southern French world that straddles between Ashkenaz and Sepharad?