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Langmuir, Gavin I.

Toward a definition of antisemitism / Gavin I. Langmuir. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1990. - 1 online resource (x, 417 pages)

"Published with the cooperation of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles"--Added title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-400) and indexes.

Majority history and postbiblical Jews -- Tradition, history, and prejudice -- Anti-Judaism as the necessary preparation for antisemitism -- The transformation of anti-Judaism -- Doubt in Christendom -- "Judei nostri" and the beginning of Capetian legislation -- "Tanquam servi" : the change in Jewish status in French law about 1200 -- Peter the Venerable : defense against doubts -- Thomas of Monmouth : detector of ritual murder -- The knight's tale of young Hugh of Lincoln -- Ritual cannibalism -- Historiographic crucifixion -- Medieval antisemitism -- Toward a definition of antisemitism.

ISBN: 9780520908512 0520908511 0585181500 9780585181509 9780520061446 0520061446

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Antisemitism.
Christianity and antisemitism.
Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France.
Blood accusation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Antisemitism.
Blood accusation.
Christianity and antisemitism.
Ethnic relations.
Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--Ethnic relations.
France.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS145 / .L32 1990eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8/924