| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
I. The Monk, the Knight, the Bishop, and the Banker -- The discovery of a dead body -- The second crusade -- The trial -- The making of a saint -- II. The Earl, the Count, the Abbot, and the King -- Gloucester -- Blois -- Bury St. Edmunds -- Paris |
| Summary |
This title examines the ritual murder accusation (or blood libel), one of the most heinous charges against the Jews in the history of medieval antisemitism. It traces the origins to the circumstances surrounding the death of William of Norwich in 1144 and the text of the 'Life and Passion' composed by the monk Thomas of Monmouth in 1150, in the period immediately following the English civil war, the Anarchy under King Stephen, and the Second Crusade. The charge arose as the result of a trial of an indebted knight, Simon de Novers, for killing his Jewish banker Deulesalt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Antisemitism -- Europe -- History
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Blood accusation.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History
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Christianity and antisemitism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Antisemitism.
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Blood accusation.
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Christianity and antisemitism.
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Ethnic relations.
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Jews -- Persecutions.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Ethnic relations -- History
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| Subject |
Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190219635 |
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0190219637 |
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9780190219659 |
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0190219653 |
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