ISBN:
9781785334924
,
1785334921
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 323 Seiten
,
Karten
Year of publication:
2017
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Heß, Cordelia The absent Jews
DDC:
943.83202207202
Keywords:
Forstreuter, Kurt
;
Forstreuter, Kurt Forstreuter, Kurt
;
Teutonic Knights Historiography
;
Teutonic Knights Historiography
;
Teutonic Knights
;
To 1500
;
Jews History To 1500
;
Medievalists Biography
;
Medievalists Biography
;
Germany
;
Jews History
;
To 1500
;
Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)
;
Ethnic relations
;
Historiography
;
Jews
;
Medievalists
;
Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) Ethnic relations
;
Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) Ethnic relations
;
Germany
;
Prussia, East
;
Biography
;
History
;
Biografie
;
Forstreuter, Kurt 1897-1979
;
Preußen
;
Juden
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Deutscher Orden
;
Juden
Abstract:
For nearly a century, it has been a commonplace of Central European history that there were no Jews in medieval Prussia-the result, supposedly, of the ruling Teutonic Order's attempts to create a purely Christian crusader's state. In this groundbreaking historical investigation, however, medievalist Cordelia Hess demonstrates the very weak foundations upon which that assumption rests. In exacting detail, she traces this narrative to the work of a single, minor Nazi-era historian, revealing it to be ideologically compromised work that badly mishandles its evidence. By combining new medieval scholarship with a biographical and historiographical exploration grounded in the 20th century, The Absent Jews spans remote eras while offering a fascinating account of the construction of historical knowledge
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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