Black legacies : race and the European Middle Ages /

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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 developme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramey, Lynn Tarte, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Temas:
To 1500
Black people > Europe > History.
Intercultural communication > Europe > History > To 1500.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Civilization, Medieval > African influences.
Racism > Europe > History > To 1500.
Black people in art.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Civilisation médiévale > Influence africaine.
Personnes noires dans l'art.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Social history > Medieval.
Racism.
Intercultural communication.
Ethnic relations.
Black people.
Race relations.
Europe > Race relations.
Europe > Ethnic relations.
Europe > Relations raciales.
Europe > Relations interethniques.
Europe.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index.
ISBN:0813055040
9780813055046
9780813050478
0813050472

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