Medieval Antisemitism? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781641890076)

Is it possible to talk about antisemitism in the Middle Ages before the appearance of scientific concepts of "race"? In this work, Fran輟is Soyer examines the nature of medieval anti-Jewish sentiment and violence. Analysing developments in Europe between 1100 and 1500, he points to the tensions in medieval anti-Jewish thought amongst thinkers who hoped to convert Jews and blamed Talmudic scholarship for their obduracy and yet who also, conversely, often essentialized Judaism to the point that it transformed into the functional equivalent of the modern concept of race. In a nuanced manner, he argues that, just as many historians now refer to "racisms" in the plural, we should not consider antisemitism as a monolithic concept but accept the existence of independent historical meanings and thus of antisemitisms (plural), including "medieval antisemitism" as distinct from anti-Judaism.

Author: Fran輟is Soyer
ISBN-10: 164189007X
ISBN-13: 9781641890076
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2019
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.30w x 0.30d