Medieval Stereotypes and Modern Antisemitism 1st edition by Robert Chazan ISBN 0520917405 9780520917408

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ISBN 10: 0520917405
ISBN 13: 9780520917408
Author: Robert Chazan

The twelfth century in Europe, hailed by historians as a time of intellectual and spiritual vitality, had a dark side. As Robert Chazan points out, the marginalization of minorities emerged during the “twelfth-century renaissance” as part of a growing pattern of persecution, and among those stigmatized the Jews figured prominently.

The migration of Jews to northern Europe in the late tenth century led to the development of a new set of Jewish communities. This northern Jewry prospered, only to decline sharply two centuries later. Chazan locates the cause of the decline primarily in the creation of new, negative images of Jews. He shows how these damaging twelfth-century stereotypes developed and goes on to chart the powerful, lasting role of the new anti-Jewish imagery in the historical development of antisemitism.

This coupling of the twelfth century’s notable intellectual bequests to the growth of Western civilization with its legacy of virulent anti-Jewish motifs offers an important new key to understanding modern antisemitism.

The twelfth century in Europe, hailed by historians as a time of intellectual and spiritual vitality, had a dark side. As Robert Chazan points out, the marginalization of minorities emerged during the “twelfth-century renaissance” as part of a growing pat

Medieval Stereotypes and Modern Antisemitism 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. An Immigrant Jewry: Protection, Persecution, Perception
3. Real Change and Reality-Based Imagery
4. Intensified Perceptions of Jewish Enmity: Diverse Testimonies
5. Intensified Perceptions of Jewish Enmity: Principal Themes
6. The Deteriorating Jewish Image and Its Causes
7. The Deteriorating Jewish Image and Its Effects: Ecclesiastical Policies
8. The Deteriorating Jewish Image and Its Effects: The Temporal Authorities
9. Medieval Stereotypes and Modern Antisemitism

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