Medieval antisemitism? / Francois Soyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soyer, Franco̧is, author.

Series:

Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)

Past imperfect

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Europe--History.

Antisemitism.

Anti-Jewish propaganda--Europe--History.

Anti-Jewish propaganda.

Christianity and antisemitism--Europe--History.

Christianity and antisemitism.

Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this work, François Soyer examines the nature of medieval anti-Jewish sentiment and violence. Analysing developments in Europe between 1100 and 1500, he points to the tensions in medieval anti-Jewish thought amongst thinkers who hoped to convert Jews and blamed Talmudic scholarship for their obduracy and yet who also, conversely, often essentialized Judaism to the point that it transformed into the functional equivalent of the modern concept of race. He argues that we should not consider antisemitism as a monolithic concept but accept the existence of independent, historical meanings and thus of antisemitisms (plural), including 'medieval antisemitism' as distinct from anti-Judaism.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Historians, "Medieval Antisemitism," and the Problem of Anachronism

Chapter 2. Judaism and the Jews in Medieval European Religious Thought

Chapter 3. The Dehumanization and Demonization of the Medieval Jews

Chapter 4. Purity of Blood: An Iberian Exception?

Conclusion

Further Reading

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 11 April 2020).

ISBN:

1-64189-009-6

1-64189-923-9

1-64189-008-8

OCLC:

1119622324