Gentile Tales

The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews

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Miri Rubin

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Paperback / softback

Series:

The Middle Ages Series

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Beginning in Paris in the year 1290, Jews were accused of abusing Christ by desecrating the eucharist-the manifestation of Christ's body in the communion service. Over the next two centuries this tale of desecration spread throughout Europe and led to violent anti-Jewish activity in areas from Catalonia to Bohemia, particularly in some German-speaking regions, where at times it produced regionwide massacres and "cleansings." Drawing on sources ranging from religious tales and poems to Jews' confessions made under torture, Miri Rubin explores the frightening power of one of the most persistent anti-Jewish stories of the Middle Ages and the violence that it bred. She looks not just at the occasions on which massacres occurred but also at those times when the story failed to set off violence. She investigates as well the ways these tales were commemorated in rituals, altarpieces, and legends and were enshrined in local traditions. In exploring the character, nature, development, and eventual decay of this fantasy of host desecration, Rubin presents a vivid picture of the mental world of late medieval Europe and of the culture of anti-Judaism.

Author Biography:

Miri Rubin is Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author of Charity and Community in Medieval Cambridge and Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture.

Release date Australia

May 3rd, 2004

Author

Miri Rubin

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

3 illus.

Pages

280

Series

The Middle Ages Series

Dimensions

152x229x14

ISBN-13

9780812218800

Product ID

2468146

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