The Saint-Makers

by Paul M. Levitt

Book Overview

Fiction. The first recorded charge of ritual murder, which took place in Norwich,England, 1144, alleging that the Jewish community, "In despite of our Lord,"killed a Christian child, subsequently honored as Saint William of Norwich.THE SAINT-MAKERS tells the story of how the Church fabricated the charge ofritual murder to avoid paying the Jews for the building of Norwich Cathedral. Paul M. Levitt teaches in the department of English at the University...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893041165
• ISBN13: 9780893041168
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cross Cultural Communications
• Length: 200 Pages