Feeling persecuted : Christians, Jews and images of violence in the Middle Ages / Anthony Bale.

"Feeling Persecuted exposes the violence enacted by the Jews in the imaginations of Christians and how the images of this Christian suffering and persecution were central to medieval ideas of love, community and home. Images and texts from the period reveal a surprising practice of recreational...

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Main Author: Bale, Anthony, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • 'He who is in pain is alive'
  • The violence of memory : seven kinds of 'Jewish' torture
  • The Jewish profile and the history of ugliness
  • The Jew's hand and the virgin's bier : tangible interruption
  • Visiting Calvary : contrition, intimacy and virtual persecution
  • Making Calvary
  • Cultures in pain.