Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the
history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative …

A new account of the birth of the West through its birthplace--Renaissance Italy The period
between 1492--resonant for a number of reasons--and 1571, when the Ottoman navy was …

In 1290, Jews were expelled from England and subsequently largely expunged from English
historical memory. Yet for two centuries they occupied important roles in medieval English …

This article seeks to analyze the origins of the martyrdom narrative of" Saint" Dominguito de
Val, a boy that the Jews of Zaragoza (Spain) were accused of murdering in 1250 CE and …

Increasingly, scholars of medieval history and literature are attentive to the ways in which
Christian representations of Jews articulated a set of tropes that provided a flexible …

William of Norwich is the name of a young boy purported to have been killed by Jews in or
about 1144, thus becoming the victim of the first recorded case of such a ritual murder in …

ABSTRACT In June 1278, Richard Gravesend, bishop of Lincoln, sent a letter to King
Edward I, begging his aid in punishing fourteen Christians excommunicated for working as …

Zionism is the main ideology of the State of Israel and aimed to move Jews who lived in
various regions of the world to Palestinian lands–claiming it to be their ancestral home-to …

In this article, we explore the fruitfulness of seeing allosemitism as an aspect of cosmisation.
We explore possible tropes such as creating order from chaos, embracing Christian identity …

The history of antisemitism in Spain parallels and overlaps with similar developments
elsewhere, drawing upon many of the same themes and points of conflict. The demonization …