Poisoned Wells : : Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422 / / Tzafrir Barzilay.
Between 1348 and 1350, Jews throughout Europe were accused of having caused the spread of the Black Death by poisoning the wells from which the entire population drank. Hundreds if not thousands were executed from Aragon and southern France into the eastern regions of the German-speaking lands. But...
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Barzilay, Tzafrir, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Poisoned Wells : Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422 / Tzafrir Barzilay. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (336 p.) : 10 maps, 2 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Middle Ages Series Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Poison in High Medieval Society -- Chapter 2. First Wave: The Lepers’ Plot -- Chapter 3. New Targets: The Implication of Jews and Muslims -- Chapter 4. Plague, Accusation, and Persecution in Southern Europe -- Chapter 5. Crisis, Political Leverage, and the Jews -- Chapter 6. Accusations Subside: After the Black Death -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Chronicles Discussing the Persecution of Jews During the Black Death -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Between 1348 and 1350, Jews throughout Europe were accused of having caused the spread of the Black Death by poisoning the wells from which the entire population drank. Hundreds if not thousands were executed from Aragon and southern France into the eastern regions of the German-speaking lands. But if the well-poisoning accusations against the Jews during these plague years are the most frequently cited of such cases, they were not unique. The first major wave of accusations came in France and Aragon in 1321, and it was lepers, not Jews, who were the initial targets. Local authorities, and especially municipal councils, promoted these charges so as to be able to seize the property of the leprosaria, Tzafrir Barzilay contends. The allegations eventually expanded to describe an international conspiracy organized by Muslims, and only then, after months of persecution of the lepers, did some nobles of central France implicate the Jews, convincing the king to expel them from the realm.In Poisoned Wells Barzilay explores the origins of these charges of well poisoning, asks how the fear took root and moved across Europe, which groups it targeted, why it held in certain areas and not others, and why it waned in the fifteenth century. He argues that many of the social, political, and environmental factors that fed the rise of the mass poisoning accusations had already appeared during the thirteenth century, a period of increased urbanization, of criminal poisoning charges, and of the proliferation of medical texts on toxins. In studying the narratives that were presented to convince officials that certain groups committed well poisoning and the legal and bureaucratic mechanisms that moved rumors into officially accepted and prosecutable crimes, Barzilay has written a crucial chapter in the long history of the persecution of European minorities. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Black Death Europe. Jews Persecutions Europe History To 1500. Minorities Violence against Europe History To 1500. Persecution Europe History Middle Ages, 600-1500. Poisoning Europe History To 1500. Wells Europe History To 1500. (DE-588)4140292-3 (DE-627)105628948 (DE-576)209701552 Religiöse Minderheit gnd (DE-588)4221524-9 (DE-627)105009369 (DE-576)210273801 Religiöse Verfolgung gnd (DE-588)4752223-9 (DE-627)372513433 (DE-576)216046890 Minderheit gnd HISTORY / Medieval. bisacsh History. Jewish Studies. Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Religion. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2022 English 9783110992960 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2022 9783110992939 ZDB-23-DEG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110767674 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298222?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812298222 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812298222/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Poison in High Medieval Society -- Chapter 2. First Wave: The Lepers’ Plot -- Chapter 3. New Targets: The Implication of Jews and Muslims -- Chapter 4. Plague, Accusation, and Persecution in Southern Europe -- Chapter 5. Crisis, Political Leverage, and the Jews -- Chapter 6. Accusations Subside: After the Black Death -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Chronicles Discussing the Persecution of Jews During the Black Death -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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