The claim that Jews abducted and murdered Christian children for alleged ritual purposes or in order to consume their blood during Passover is the most extreme of all the libels that have been used to attack Jews and present them as an existential threat to Christians. From the twelfth century to the modern era, it has been a staple of extreme antisemitic discourse seeking to dehumanize Jews and rationalize anti-Jewish violence.
In the popular mind, “Ritual Murder” and “Blood Libel” have become synonymous but in medieval times they were different accusations with different origins. Why did the accusations appear in some areas and not others? What local factors contributed to accusations receiving support from some religious or lay authorities despite papal condemnation? How have modern historians and sociologists explained the phenomenon? This book offers a critical survey of the child murder libel in medieval Europe as well as an analysis of its history.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2025
Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-180-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-362-7
ePub ISBN
9781802703634
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Past Imperfect
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
120
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff
1. The Genesis of the Child Murder Libel in 12th-Century Europe Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 16
2. The Birth of the “Blood Libel” and the 13th-Century Papal Reaction Kein Zugriff Seiten 17 - 32
3. Simon of Trent (1475) Kein Zugriff Seiten 33 - 48
4. El Santo Niño de la Guardia Kein Zugriff Seiten 49 - 62
5. Medieval Echoes in Modern Times Kein Zugriff Seiten 63 - 78
6. The Attempts of Historians and Sociologists to Explain the Phenomenon Kein Zugriff Seiten 79 - 92
