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Paperback Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews Book

ISBN: 0812218809

ISBN13: 9780812218800

Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews

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Beginning in Paris in the year 1290, Jews were accused of abusing Christ by desecrating the eucharist--the manifestation of Christ's body in the communion service. Over the next two centuries this tale of desecration spread throughout Europe and led to violent anti-Jewish activity in areas from Catalonia to Bohemia, particularly in some German-speaking regions, where at times it produced regionwide massacres and "cleansings."

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