Inventing William of Norwich

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Author	: Heather Blurton
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages	: 244
Release	: 2022-05-06
ISBN-10	: 9780812298536
ISBN-13	: 0812298535
Rating	: 4/5 (36 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Inventing William of Norwich by : Heather Blurton

Book excerpt: In Inventing William of Norwich Heather Blurton offers a revisionist reading of Thomas Monmouth's account of the saint's life that contains the earliest account of a Christian child ritually murdered by Jews. She demonstrates how innovations in literary forms in the twelfth century shaped the articulation of medieval antisemitism.

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