The Blood Libel Legend A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore |
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Editor:
| Dundes, Alan |
ISBN: | 978-0-299-13110-4 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1991 |
Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $42.50 |
Book Description:
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What do we know of the power of legend? How do we put to rest a vicious story, born more than nine centuries ago yet surfacing even today on American television talkshows? The infamous blood libel legend was partly responsible for the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the basis of persecutions and actual courtroom trials throughout Europe, and exploited in Nazi propaganda.
What do we know of the power of legend? How do we put to rest a vicious story, born more than nine centuries ago yet surfacing even today on American television talkshows? The infamous blood libel legend was partly responsible for the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the basis of persecutions and actual courtroom trials throughout Europe, and exploited in Nazi propaganda.