03173nam 2200697 450 991078794300332120230403211644.00-8130-5047-20-8130-5504-0(CKB)2670000000570370(EBL)1811743(OCoLC)892799284(SSID)ssj0001387909(PQKBManifestationID)11814753(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001387909(PQKBWorkID)11383391(PQKB)11009250(StDuBDS)EDZ0000985996(MiAaPQ)EBC1811743(MdBmJHUP)muse41853(Au-PeEL)EBL1811743(CaPaEBR)ebr10951580(CaONFJC)MIL649456(OCoLC)894025406(EXLCZ)99267000000057037020141016h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack legacies race and the European Middle Ages /Lynn T. RameyGainesville, Florida :University Press of Florida,2014.©20141 online resource (191 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-18192-6 0-8130-6007-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Black Legacies""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Remaking the Middle Ages""; ""2. Medieval Race?""; ""3. Biblical Race""; ""4. Medieval Miscegenation and the Literary Imagination""; ""5. Mapping the Monstrous: Humanness in the Age of Discovery""; ""6. Conclusions: Medieval Race and the “Golden Ageâ€?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""Black Legacies looks at color-based prejudice in medieval and modern texts in order to reveal key similarities. Bringing far-removed time periods into startling conversation, this book argues that certain attitudes and practices present in Europe's Middle Ages were foundational in the development of the western concept of race. Using historical, literary, and artistic sources, Lynn Ramey shows that twelfth- and thirteenth-century discourse was preoccupied with skin color and the coding of black as "evil" and white as "good." Ramey demonstrates that fears of miscegenation show up in all medieBlack peopleEuropeHistoryIntercultural communicationEuropeHistoryTo 1500Social historyMedieval, 500-1500Civilization, MedievalAfrican influencesEuropeRace relationsEuropeEthnic relationsEuropagndBlack peopleHistory.Intercultural communicationHistorySocial historyCivilization, MedievalAfrican influences.940.0496Ramey Lynn Tarte1964-1533189MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787943003321Black legacies3779933UNINA