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Feeling Persecuted : Christians, Jews and Images of Violence in the Middle Ages.

In Feeling Persecuted, Anthony Bale explores the medieval Christian attitude toward Jews, which included a pervasive fear of persecution and an imagined fear of violence enacted against Christians. As a result, Christians retaliated with expulsions, riots, and murders that systematically denied Jews...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bale, Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Feeling Persecuted, Anthony Bale explores the medieval Christian attitude toward Jews, which included a pervasive fear of persecution and an imagined fear of violence enacted against Christians. As a result, Christians retaliated with expulsions, riots, and murders that systematically denied Jews the right to religious freedom and peace. Through close readings of a wide range of sources, Bale exposes the perceived violence enacted by the Jews and how the images of this Christian suffering and persecution were central to medieval ideas of love, community, and home. The images and texts explo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (257 pages)
ISBN:9781780230016
178023001X