Marks of distinction
Subtitle: Christian perceptions of Jews in the high Middle Ages
By: Irven M. Resnick
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780813219691
Subjects: Physiognomy; Judaism; Christianity and other religions; Church history; Human body; Relations; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to medieval physiognomy; title: Physical deformities and circumcision; title: The Jews and leprosy; title: The dietary laws, food, and illicit sexuality; title: The Jews and melancholy; title: Planetary influences; or, The Jews and Saturn; title: Case studies revealing a Jewish physiognomy.