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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140583103321

Autore

Arkel D. van

Titolo

The drawing of the Mark of Cain : a socio-historical analysis of the growth of anti-Jewish stereotypes / / Dik van Arkel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612591778

9781282591776

1282591770

9789048506200

9048506204

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (593 p.)

Disciplina

301

305.8924

Soggetti

Antisemitism - History

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-575) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Ch 1. The Historiographical Background; Ch 2. Abortive Anti-Semitism; Ch 3. The Origins; Ch 4. Stigmatization, Nascent Hostility, and Social Distance; Ch 5. Jewish-Gentile Relations in Eastern Christendom and the Permissiveness-cum-Terrorization Hypothesis; Ch 6. A Dead Reckoning: The Growth of an Anti Jewish Stereotype in Western Europe; Ch 7. Refutations and Predictions; Ch 8. A Prognosis Checked: A Survey of Medieval Jewish-Gentile Relations in England; Ch 9. A Survey of Jewish-Gentile Relations in Italy

Ch 10. Early Medieval France and Germany up to 1096Ch 11. The Crusades; Ch 12. Accusatory Innovation; Ch 13. Usury and Labour Ethics; Ch 14. The Problem of Popularization; A Historiographical Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by the prominent Dutch scholar, this thorough and engaging study surveys the complex issue of antisemitism throughout the continents and the centuries.