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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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 10 maps, 2 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- 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