Poisoned wells : accusations, persecution, and minorities in medieval Europe, 1321-1422 /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barzilay, Tzafrir (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
To 1500
Poisoning > Europe > History > To 1500.
Wells > Europe > History > To 1500.
Persecution > Europe > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Minorities > Violence against > Europe > History > To 1500.
Jews > Persecutions > Europe > History > To 1500.
Black Death > Europe.
Persécutions > Europe > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Peste noire > Europe.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Black Death.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Ethnic relations > Social aspects.
Jews > Persecutions.
Minorities > Violence against.
Persecution > Middle Ages.
Poisoning.
Wells.
Europe > Ethnic relations > Political aspects > History > To 1500.
Europe > Ethnic relations > Social aspects > History > To 1500.
Europe.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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