Gentile Tales
Subtitle: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews (The Middle Age Series)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: July 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780812218800
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; Jewish studies; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Jewish - General; Controversial literature; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology of Religion; Sociology; Europe; Judaism; Anthropology - Cultural; Antisemitism in literature; History and criticism; Host desecration accusation
First sentence: This book attempts to understand a powerful narrative about Jews that developed in late medieval Europe, the host desecration accusation.