Joshua Prawer

Joshua Prawer (Hebrew: יהושע פרַאוֶור; November 22, 1917 – April 30, 1990) was a notable Israeli historian and a scholar of the Crusades and Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Joshua Prawer
Born(1917-11-10)November 10, 1917
Będzin, Kingdom of Poland
DiedApril 30, 1990(1990-04-30) (aged 72)
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationMedievalist, Educator
NationalityIsraeli
SubjectCrusader states

His work often attempted to portray Crusader society as a forerunner to later European colonialist expansion. He was also an important figure in Israeli higher education, was one of the founders of the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University, and was a major reformer of the Israeli education system.

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