A tale of ritual murder in the age of Louis XIV
Subtitle: the trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669
By: Pierre Birnbaum ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer
Contributors: Goldhammer, Arthur, translator
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780804774048
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Trials (Murder); Jews; Persecutions; Blood accusation; Antisemitism; History
Work titles: Récit de "meurtre rituel" au Grand Siècle
Notes: "Originally published in French under the title Un récit de "meurtre rituel" au Grand Siècle."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a strange encounter at Montigny-lès-Metz, February 2001; title: Metz covers the state : the royal order, witches, and Jews; title: Neighborhood and prejudices; title: The social and mental universe of the Jews; title: The myth of ritual murder; title: The trial of Raphaël Lévy, new Herod; title: Good Friday at Mayer Schwabe's : a desecration of the sacred host?; title: Popular threats and royal alliance.