Nina Caputo
Associate Professor | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Nina Caputo is a scholar of medieval Jewish history and interfaith relations in medieval Europe.
Biography
Nina Caputo is a scholar of medieval Jewish history and interfaith relations in medieval Europe. She is an associate professor in the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her graduate students work in medieval Jewish history, medieval history and early modern Sephardic culture.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Jewish-Christian Relations in the Middle Ages
Medieval History
Medieval Jewish History
Medieval Spain
Articles (1)
THOMAS DEVANEY. Enemies in the Plaza: Urban Spectacle and the End of Spanish Frontier Culture, 1460–1492.
The American Historical ReviewNina Caputo
2016-12-01
As Elias Canetti observed in his study of mass behavior, crowds have been a powerful if at times mysterious force in history, both as a product of long-term historical patterns and as agents for sudden change. Whether spontaneously generated or purposefully assembled, crowds are monstrosities.
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