Anthony BaleThe Jew in the Medieval Book
English Antisemitisms 1350 1500
Anthony Bale's research interests are in histories and theories of 'antisemitism', late medieval English literature, culture and popular religion, the poetry of John Lydgate, visual and intermedial artefacts, the history of the pre-expulsion medieval English Jewish community, late medieval travel literature, and the histories of blood libel and ritual murder.
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Acknowledgement
Conventions
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. History: time, nationhood and the Jew of Tewkesbury
3. Miracle: shifting definitions in 'The miracle of the boy singer'
4. Cult: the resurrections of Robert of Bury
5. Passion: the Arma Christi in medieval culture
Appendix 1: Versions of 'The miracle of the boy singer'
Appendix 2: John Lydgate, 'Praier to St Robert'
Appendix 3: Vernacular English Arma Christi image-text rolls and codices
Appendix 4: Verses on the Arma Christi
Notes
Bibliographies
Index.
