Title
2021: Miriamne Ara Krummel, Milestone Book Selection
Files
Year of Recognition
2021
Recognition
Promotion to the rank of Professor, Department of English
Book Selection
Jews of Medieval England, by Michael Adler
Recommended Citation
Krummel, Miriamne Ara, "2021: Miriamne Ara Krummel, Milestone Book Selection" (2021). Milestone Recognition Program. 92.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/svc_milestone/92
Why the honoree chose the book
I never intended to become a medievalist who did Jewish studies; I came to graduate school interested in working in rhetoric and composition. Forced to take a medieval literature course, I enrolled in a class about Geoffrey Chaucer and was introduced to his work in Middle English for the first time through The Riverside Chaucer. Toward the end of the semester, I read Chaucer's "The Prioress's Tale" and discovered that there was medieval antisemitism (not just the anti-Jewish hate in the 20th century). Chaucer's tale made me realize what my dissertation would deal with, but Charles Reznikoff's The Lionhearted: A Story about the Jews in Medieval England and Michael Adler's incredibly detailed and well-researched book Jews of Medieval England encouraged me to grow into the scholar of medieval Jewish studies that I have become.