Communities of Violence
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 26, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780691058894
Subjects: Cultural studies; European history: c 500 to c 1500; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Racism & racial discrimination; Violence in society; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Medieval; History; History - General History; History: World; Spain; Minority Studies - General; European History; History / Medieval; Jewish Studies; Religion
First sentence: WHEN ARGUING for the irrational, even hysterical nature of acts of violence against minorities, medievalists often invoke both the Shepherd's Crusade of 1320, which attacked Jews, and the attacks on lepers and Jews of the following year.