Feeling persecuted : Christians, Jews and images of violence in the Middle Ages / Anthony Bale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bale, Anthony, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Judaism--History--To 1500.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.

Judaism.

Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--To 1500.

Jews.

Violence--Religious aspects--Judaism--History--To 1500.

Violence.

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Feeling Persecuted, Anthony Bale explores the medieval Christian attitude toward Jews, which included a pervasive fear of persecution and an imagined fear of violence enacted against Christians. As a result, Christians retaliated with expulsions, riots, and murders that systematically denied Jews the right to religious freedom and peace. Through close readings of a wide range of sources, Bale exposes the perceived violence enacted by the Jews and how the images of this Christian suffering and persecution were central to medieval ideas of love, community, and home. The images and t

Contents:

Feeling Persectued Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1. 'He Who is in Pain is Alive'; 2. The Violence of Memory: Seven Kinds of 'Jewish' Torture; 3. The Jewish Profile and the History of Ugliness; 4. The Jew's Hand and the Virgin's Bier: Tangible Interruption; 5. Visiting Calvary: Contrition, Intimacy and Virtual Persecution; 6. Making Calvary; 7. Cultures in Pain; Conventions and Abbreviations; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613589125

9781280493898

1280493895

9781780230016

178023001X

OCLC:

775302636