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Poisoned Wells : Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422 /

"Between 1348 and 1350, Jews throughout Europe were accused of having caused the spread of the Black Death by poisoning the wells from which the entire population drank. Hundreds if not thousands were executed from Aragon and southern France into the eastern regions of the German-speaking lands...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barzilay, Tzafrir (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Poison in high medieval society
  • 2. First wave : the Lepers' Plot
  • 3. New targets : the implication of Jews and Muslims
  • 4. Plague, accusation, and persecution in southern Europe
  • 5. Crisis, political leverage, and the Jews
  • 6. Accusations subside : after the Black Death.