Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England

by Anthony Julius

Book Overview

Trials of the Diaspora is a ground-breaking book that offers the first ever comprehensive history of anti-Semitism in England. Anthony Julius identifies four distinct versions of English anti-Semitism, which he then proceeds to investigate in detail. The first is the anti-Semitism of medieval England, a radical prejudice of defamation, expropriation, and murder, which culminated in 1290, the year of Edward I's expulsion of the Jews from England, after...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199297053
• ISBN13: 9780199297054
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 870 Pages
• Weight: 3.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 9.3" x 6.6"