Gentile tales
the narrative assault on late medieval Jews
by Miri Rubin
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"This book tells of the creation and growth of one of the principal anti-Jewish stories of the Middle Ages and the violence that it bred. Beginning in Paris in the year 1290, Jews were accused of abusing Christ by desecrating the eucharist - the manifestation of Christ's body in the communion service.
Over the next two centuries this became an authoritative, awe-inspiring tale that spread throughout Europe and led to violent antisemitic activity in areas from Catalonia to Bohemia - particularly in some German-speaking regions, where at times it produced region-wide massacres and 'cleansings'."--BOOK JACKET.
"In exploring the character, nature, development and eventual decay of this fantasy of host desecration, Rubin presents a vivid picture of the mental world of late medieval Europe and of the culture of anti-semitism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Antisemitism in art, Antisemitism in literature, Controversial literature, History, History and criticism, Host desecration accusation, Host desecration accusation in literature, Judaism, Literature, Medieval, Medieval Literature, Narration (Rhetoric), Jews, history, 70-1789, Jews, persecutions, Judaism in literature, Literature, medieval, history and criticism, Antimsemitism in artTimes
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Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews (The Middle Age Series)
July 2004, University of Pennsylvania Press
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0812218809 9780812218800
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Gentile tales: the narrative assault on late medieval Jews
1999, Yale University Press
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0300076126 9780300076127
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-257) and index.
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"This book attempts to understand a powerful narrative about Jews that developed in late medieval Europe, the host desecration accusation."
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