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Rouenרואן

Normandy — medieval French Jewish center

Rouen was the capital of Norman Jewry and a major rabbinic center until the 1306 expulsion. Recent archaeological discoveries beneath the Palais de Justice revealed a 12th-century Romanesque yeshiva building — one of the oldest surviving Jewish educational structures in Europe.

1 teacher · 15 works · 12 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Rouen. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.

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