"Robert of Arbrissel (d. 1117) once named Cluny among the chief holy places of Christendom--just after Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Rome. When Peter the Venerable (d. 1156) became the ninth abbot of Cluny in 1122, Cluny had thousands of monks in the mother abbey and her daughter ce…
A critical edition of the Latin anti-Jewish work by Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny (1122-1156). In the English introduction (lxxv pp.), Friedman mentions that Peter was the first Christian born within the Christian faith to try to refute the Talmud. He hoped to convert diss…