Inventing William of Norwich: Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200

✍ Scribed by Heather Blurton

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 244
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In Inventing William of Norwich Heather Blurton offers a revisionist reading of Thomas Monmouth's account of the saint's life that contains the earliest account of a Christian child ritually murdered by Jews. She demonstrates how innovations in literary forms in the twelfth century shaped the articulation of medieval antisemitism.

In Inventing William of Norwich Heather Blurton offers a revisionist reading of Thomas Monmouth's account of the saint's life that contains the earliest account of a Christian child ritually murdered by Jews. She demonstrates how innovations in literary forms in the twelfth century shaped the articulation of medieval antisemitism.