Crusades Primary Sources | The Jewish World

Excerpt from "The Crusaders in Mainz" (1096)
Originally written by Solomon bar Samson; Reprinted in The Jew in the Medieval World: A Sourcebook, 315–1791; Edited by Jacob Marcus; Published in 1938

Excerpt from "Las Siete Partidas: Laws on Jews" (1265)
Reprinted in The Jew in the Medieval World: A Sourcebook, 315–1791; Edited by Jacob Marcus; Published in 1938

Excerpt from The Itinerary of Benjamin Tudela: Travels in the Middle Ages (late twelfth century)
Originally written by Benjamin of Tudela; Translated by Marcus Nathan Adler; Published in 1907

In the first excerpt of this section, the twelfth-century Jewish historian Solomon bar Samson describes how the enthusiasm for the Crusades bubbled over at the time of the First...