Research Interests

Paola Tartakoff studies the social and cultural history of Jews and Christians in medieval and early modern Europe. She is particularly interested in conversion to and from Judaism, the medieval and Spanish inquisitions, and ritual murder accusations. Her first book was based on archival research conducted in Catalonia, Aragon, and Valencia. Her current work explores Western Europe and the Mediterranean more broadly.
Between Christian and Jew by Paola Tartakoff  Between Christian and Jew
Tartakoff Cover Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe

Courses Regularly Taught

Antisemitism
European History Graduate Research Seminar
Jewish History I: Ancient and Medieval
Jews, Heretics, and the Inquisition
Jewish-Christian Relations through the Ages
Ancient and Medieval Europe
Jewish Identities in the Medieval Mediterranean
Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain

Books

Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Middle Ages Series, 2020).

Between Christian and Jew: Conversion and Inquisition in the Medieval Crown of Aragon (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Middle Ages Series, 2012).

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