Communities of Violence : Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages - Updated Edition /

In the wake of modern genocide, we tend to think of violence against minorities as a sign of intolerance, or, even worse, a prelude to extermination. Violence in the Middle Ages, however, functioned differently, according to David Nirenberg. In this provocative book, he focuses on specific attacks a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nirenberg, David, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Edición:New paperback edition, with a new preface by the author.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Oppression > Europe > Histoire > Moyen âge.
Persecutions > Europe > Histoire.
Europe > Relations interethniques > Moyen âge.
Segregation > Europe > Histoire > Moyen âge.
Minorites > Europe > Histoire.
Civilisation medievale.
Violence > Europe > Histoire.
Xenophobie > Moyen âge.
Racisme > Europe > Histoire.
Minderheden.
Vervolgingen.
Geweld.
Violence.
Racism.
Race relations.
Persecution.
Minorities > Crimes against.
Ethnic relations.
Civilization, Medieval.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Persecutions > Europe.
Minorites, Crimes contre les > Europe > Histoire.
Violence > Europe > History.
Racism > Europe > History.
Persecution > Europe.
Minorities > Crimes against > Europe > History.
Europe > Relations interethniques.
Europe.
Europe > Relations raciales.
Europe > Ethnic relations.
Europe > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The historical background
  • France, source of the troubles : Shepherds' Crusade and Lepers' Plot (1320, 1321)
  • Crusade and massacre in Aragon (1320)
  • Lepers, Jews, Muslims, and poison in the crown (1321)
  • Sex and violence between majority and minority
  • Minorities confront each other : violence between Muslims and Jews
  • The two faces of sacred violence
  • Epilogue : the Black Death and beyond.

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