Jews and crime in Medieval Europe / Ephraim Shoham-Steiner.
Jews and crime in Medieval Europe / Ephraim Shoham-Steiner.
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Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2021]
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G 2021/2887
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English
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xi, 459 pages ; 23 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
What is crime? -- Why Crime? -- Methodology and methodological issues -- Historical context -- The concepts of crime and punishment in Medieval Europe -- Temporal and geographical scope -- The scarcity of historical information -- The history of medieval crime -- The history of Jewish medieval crime...
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Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2021]
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Michigan
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[2021]
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Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe is a topic laced by prejudice on one hand and apologetics on the other. Beginning in the Middle Ages, Jews were often portrayed as criminals driven by greed. While these accusations were, for the most part, unfounded, in other cases criminal accusations against Jews were not altogether baseless. Drawing on a variet...
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Jews and crime in Medieval Europe / Ephraim Shoham-Steiner.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-425) and indexes.
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©2021
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G 2021/2887
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74VKarOBoeKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKarOBoeKb
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081434559X
9780814345597
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940.049240902
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991024442326202626
