Tale of Ritual Murder in the Age of Louis XIV - The Trial of Raphael Levy, 1669

Zusatztext "Pierre Birnbaum's riveting microhistory of a forgotten ritual murder case from the 1660s unearths the fraught relations between Jews and Christians in Metz over a century before the French Revolution. He also demonstrates convincingly that the case played a major role in the anti-Semitic propaganda surrounding the Dreyfus Affair. In his brilliant reconstruction! Birnbaum's study takes its place among other classic accounts of ritual murder and blood libel trials from the middle ages and modernity." Informationen zum Autor Pierre Birnbaum is a leading French historian and sociologist and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Paris I—Panthéon-Sorbonne. His works available in English include The Jews of the Republic (Stanford, 1996) and Geography of Hope (Stanford, 2008). Klappentext Pierre Birnbaum is a leading French historian and sociologist and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Paris I¿Panth¿-Sorbonne. His works available in English include The Jews of the Republic (Stanford, 1996) and Geography of Hope (Stanford, 2008). Zusammenfassung This is the tale of an accusation of blood libel during a period when France prided itself on its rationality.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Birnbaum, Pierre/ Goldhammer Birnbaum, Birnbaum Pierre
• Assisted by: Arthur Goldhammer (Translation)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2012
• EAN: 9780804774048
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7404-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 237 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology