Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2022) 213-231
Keywords:
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Judaism Relations Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Christianity
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Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Moneylenders
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Usury Religious aspects
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Judaism
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Antisemitism Economic aspects
Abstract:
This chapter traces the medieval discourse on Jews as usurers from the 12th to the 16th centuries. It argues that European Jews were collectively labeled, then criminalized, as usurers because of their religious difference and not because of their highly exaggerated role as moneylenders.
DOI:
10.1017/9781108637725.015
URL:
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