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The absent Jews : Kurt Forstreuter and the historiography of medieval Prussia /
For nearly a century, it has been a commonplace of Central European history that there were no Jews in medieval Prussia'the result, supposedly, of the ruling Teutonic Order's attempts to create a purely Christian crusader's state. In this groundbreaking historical investigation, howev...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For nearly a century, it has been a commonplace of Central European history that there were no Jews in medieval Prussia'the result, supposedly, of the ruling Teutonic Order's attempts to create a purely Christian crusader's state. In this groundbreaking historical investigation, however, medievalist Cordelia Hess demonstrates the very weak foundations upon which that assumption rests. In exacting detail, she traces this narrative to the work of a single, minor Nazi-era historian, revealing it to be ideologically compromised work that badly mishandles its evidence. By combining new medieval scholarship with a biographical and historiographical exploration grounded in the 20th century, The Absent Jews spans remote eras while offering a fascinating account of the construction of historical knowledge. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781785334931 178533493X |