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The Jew in the Medieval Book: English Antisemitisms 1350–1500
Anthony Bale
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Hardback. Bale examines how anti-semitic images developed and came to endure far beyond the Middle Ages. Series Editor(s): Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick; Burrow, Professor John; Copeland, Rita; Deyermond, Alan; Dronke, Peter; Palmer, Nigel; Wetherbee, Winthrop. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600. Bale examines how anti-semitic images developed and came to endure far beyond the Middle Ages. Series Editor(s): Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick; Burrow, Professor John; Copeland, Rita; Deyermond, Alan; Dronke, Peter; Palmer, Nigel; Wetherbee, Winthrop. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. Inscription to previous owner on FFEP. DW has light nicks, remains very good
This interdisciplinary study explores images of Jews and Judaism in late medieval English literature and culture. Using four main categories - history, miracle, cult and Passion - Anthony Bale demonstrates how varied and changing ideas of Judaism coexisted within well-known anti-semitic literary and visual models, depending on context, authorship and audience. He examines the ways in which English writers, artists and readers used and abused the Jewish image in the period following the Jews' expulsion from England in 1290. The texts are analysed in their manuscript and print contexts in order to show local responses and changing meanings. This important ... Read more
This interdisciplinary study explores images of Jews and Judaism in late medieval English literature and culture. Using four main categories - history, miracle, cult and Passion - Anthony Bale demonstrates how varied and changing ideas of Judaism coexisted within well-known anti-semitic literary and visual models, depending on context, authorship and audience. He examines the ways in which English writers, artists and readers used and abused the Jewish image in the period following the Jews' expulsion from England in 1290. The texts are analysed in their manuscript and print contexts in order to show local responses and changing meanings. This important ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521863544
SKU
KCW0017585
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About Anthony Bale
Anthony Bale's research interests are in histories and theories of 'antisemitism', late medieval English literature, culture and popular religion, the poetry of John Lydgate, visual and intermedial artefacts, the history of the pre-expulsion medieval English Jewish community, late medieval travel literature, and the histories of blood libel and ritual murder.
Reviews for The Jew in the Medieval Book: English Antisemitisms 1350–1500
Review of the hardback: '… a tremendous book … meticulously researched and lucidly composed …' Studies in the Age of Chaucer Review of the hardback: '… outstanding … nuanced and historically grounded … [offering] a contextualized and scholarly approach to the subject.' The Times Literary Supplement Review of the hardback: '… an important contribution …' Journal of Interdisciplinary History Review ... Read more