Jews in Medieval England

Zusatztext

<p>This volume examines the teaching of Jewishness within the context of medieval England. It covers a wide array of academic disciplines and addresses a multitude of primary sources, including medieval English manuscripts, law codes, philosophy, art, and literature, in explicating how the Jew-as-Other was formed. Chapters are devoted to the teaching of the complexities of medieval Jewish experiences in the modern classroom.<i>Jews in Medieval England: Teaching Representations of the Other</i>also grounds medieval conceptions of the Other within the contemporary world where we continue to confront the problematic attitudes directed toward alleged social outcasts.</p>

Autorenportrait

<p>Miriamne Ara Krummel is Associate Professor of English at the University of Dayton, USA. She is the author of <em>Crafting Jewishness in Medieval England: Legally Absent, Virtually Present</em> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) as well as several articles and book chapters.</p><p> </p><p>Tison Pugh is Professor of English at the University of Central Florida, USA. He is the co-editor of <i>Chaucer on Screen: Absence, Presence, and Adapting the Canterbury Tales</i> (2016) and the author of <i>Chaucer¿s (Anti-) Eroticisms and the Queer Middle Ages </i>(2014). He has also published several other books, chapters, and articles. </p><div> </div>

Weitere Details