Black legacies : race and the European Middle Ages / Lynn T. Ramey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramey, Lynn Tarte, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Europe--History.

Black people.

Intercultural communication--Europe--History--To 1500.

Intercultural communication.

Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Social history.

Civilization, Medieval--African influences.

Civilization, Medieval.

Europe--Race relations.

Europe.

Europe--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Black Legacies looks at color-based prejudice in medieval and modern texts in order to reveal key similarities. Bringing far-removed time periods into startling conversation, this book argues that certain attitudes and practices present in Europe's Middle Ages were foundational in the development of the western concept of race. Using historical, literary, and artistic sources, Lynn Ramey shows that twelfth- and thirteenth-century discourse was preoccupied with skin color and the coding of black as "evil" and white as "good." Ramey demonstrates that fears of miscegenation show up in all medie

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Black Legacies""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Remaking the Middle Ages""; ""2. Medieval Race?""; ""3. Biblical Race""; ""4. Medieval Miscegenation and the Literary Imagination""; ""5. Mapping the Monstrous: Humanness in the Age of Discovery""; ""6. Conclusions: Medieval Race and the “Golden Age�""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5047-2

0-8130-5504-0

OCLC:

892799284