Inventing William of Norwich : : Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200 / / Heather Blurton.
William of Norwich is the name of a young boy purported to have been killed by Jews in or about 1144, thus becoming the victim of the first recorded case of such a ritual murder in Western Europe and a seminal figure in the long history of antisemitism. His story is first told in Thomas of Monmouth&...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Inventing William of Norwich
- Chapter 1 The Language of the Liturgy
- Chapter 2 Ritual Crucifixion in the Age of the Hermit
- Chapter 3 William at the Age of Twelve
- Chapter 4 William of Norwich Between History and Fiction
- Afterword Afterward
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index