Medieval Antisemitism?
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2019
ARC Humanities Press (Verlag)
978-1-64189-007-6 (ISBN)
ARC Humanities Press (Verlag)
978-1-64189-007-6 (ISBN)
Is it possible to talk about antisemitism in the Middle Ages, before the appearance of scientific concepts of "race"? This work analyses this question and offers a nuanced response.
Is it possible to talk about antisemitism in the Middle Ages before the appearance of scientific concepts of "race"? In this work, François Soyer examines the nature of medieval anti-Jewish sentiment and violence. Analysing developments in Europe between 1100 and 1500, he points to the tensions in medieval anti-Jewish thought amongst thinkers who hoped to convert Jews and blamed Talmudic scholarship for their obduracy and yet who also, conversely, often essentialized Judaism to the point that it transformed into the functional equivalent of the modern concept of race. In a nuanced manner, he argues that, just as many historians now refer to "racisms" in the plural, we should not consider antisemitism as a monolithic concept but accept the existence of independent historical meanings and thus of antisemitisms (plural), including "medieval antisemitism" as distinct from anti-Judaism.
Is it possible to talk about antisemitism in the Middle Ages before the appearance of scientific concepts of "race"? In this work, François Soyer examines the nature of medieval anti-Jewish sentiment and violence. Analysing developments in Europe between 1100 and 1500, he points to the tensions in medieval anti-Jewish thought amongst thinkers who hoped to convert Jews and blamed Talmudic scholarship for their obduracy and yet who also, conversely, often essentialized Judaism to the point that it transformed into the functional equivalent of the modern concept of race. In a nuanced manner, he argues that, just as many historians now refer to "racisms" in the plural, we should not consider antisemitism as a monolithic concept but accept the existence of independent historical meanings and thus of antisemitisms (plural), including "medieval antisemitism" as distinct from anti-Judaism.
François Soyer (PhD Cambridge 2007) is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of New England in Australia.
Chapter 1: Historians, “Medieval Antisemitism,” and the Problem of Anachronism
Chapter 2: Judaism and the Jews in Medieval European Religious Thought
Chapter 3: The Dehumanization and Demonization of the Medieval Jews
Chapter 4: Purity of Blood: An Iberian Exception?
Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Past Imperfect |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 111 x 181 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64189-007-X / 164189007X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64189-007-6 / 9781641890076 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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