The Accommodated Jew: English Antisemitism from Bede to Milton

by Kathy Lavezzo

England during the Middle Ages was at the forefront of European antisemitism. It was in medieval Norwich that the notorious "blood libel" was first introduced when a resident accused the city's Jewish leaders of abducting and ritually murdering a local boy. England also enforced legislation demanding that Jews wear a badge of infamy, and in 1290, it became the first European nation to expel forcibly all of its Jewish residents. In The Accommodated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501703153
• ISBN13: 9781501703157
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher