Language:
German
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Daphnis
Angaben zur Quelle:
33,3-4 (2004) 623-640
Keywords:
Guarinoni, Hippolyt,
;
Andrew of Rinn
;
Blood accusation
;
Antisemitism in literature
;
Christianity and antisemitism History 1500-1800
;
Jews
Abstract:
The legend of the ritual murder of the three-year-old Anderl von Rinn was invented by Hippolytus Guarinonius (1571-1654) of Hall in the Tyrol; he wrote it down in 1620, though he published it only in 1651. Probably at his suggestion, the pupils of the Jesuit school of Hall presented the story in 1621 in a play before a large audience, and thus started the cult of Anderl, which lasted into the 1990s. States that Jesuit plays were very powerful instruments of propaganda for the Counterreformation; they dealt with a variety of topics, and a a few of them with ritual murder. Of the Anderl play, only the perioche (introduction and outline) has survived; it is reprinted on pp. 633-640.
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