Sex, Dissidence and Damnation: Minority Groups in the Middle AgesRoutledge, 1991 - 179 pages Ch. 5 (p. 88-115), "Jews, " discusses the segregation and persecution of Jews by Christians in the medieval period. Initially brought on by religious fervor at the time of the Crusades, anti-Jewish persecution continued for offenses such as usury, incitement to heresy, and sexual deviance, and they were linked with other dissident groups in society (e.g. lepers, prostitutes, witches). Jews were perceived as a religious, economic, moral, and sexual threat and were therefore easy scapegoats for public hatred and violence. Describes the worsening of the Jews' position in the attitudes of the Church and the papacy, the anti-Jewish polemics and disputations, secular restrictions on the Jews, and the negative image of the Jew in popular culture. |
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THE MEDIEVAL CONTEXT | 1 |
SEX IN THE MIDDLE AGES | 22 |
HERETICS | 42 |
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