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Coverage: England Language: eng Publisher: Wayne State University Press Publisher: Wayne State University Press Subject: HISTORY / Jewish Subject: HISTORY / Jewish Subject: HISTORY / Jewish Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies Content Type: WSUebook Collection: Wayne Open Book Collection-
Anti-Semitic stereotypes without Jews: images of the Jews in England, 1290-1700
Anti-Semitic Stereotypes Without Jews offers an exploration of English history, 1290- 1700, tracing the growth and development of these attitudes. It demonstrates that it is possible for prejudice to thrive even in the absence of a scapegoat group.
Following the expulsion in the year 1290 until 1656, although there was no real Jewish community in England, the molders of public opinion kept a shadowy image of the Jew alive through sermons and religious tracts, travelogues, folklore, rel…