The Medieval Roots of Antisemitism: Continuities and Discontinuities from the Middle Ages to the Present Day - Paperback

by Jonathan Adams (Editor), Cordelia Heß (Editor)

This book presents a fresh approach to the question of the historical continuities and discontinuities of Jew-hatred with discussions of antisemitic phenomenon in the pre-modern and modern periods. Articles include analyses of blood libel, visual stereotypes, anti-Jewish violence, Christian and Muslim antisemitism, and antisemitism without Jews

Author Biography

Jonathan Adams is a researcher for the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, and docent in the Department of Scandinavian Languages at Uppsala University.

Cordelia Heß is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg.