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Zusatztext [A] devastating and evocative tale of magic and everyday life in small town Russia... To conjure up this belief system and the power it exerted as vividly and persuasively as Eugene Avrutin does is no mean feat of historical imagination. Informationen zum Autor Eugene M. Avrutin is Associate Professor of History and Tobor Family Scholar in the Program in Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Illinois. He is the author of Jews and the Imperial State: Identification Politics in Tsarist Russia and the coeditor of Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation. Klappentext The Velizh case was the longest ritual murder investigation in the modern world. Drawing on newly discovered trial records, historian Eugene M. Avrutin looks beyond antisemitism as the single most important factor in understanding ritual murder accusations, and in the process, provides an intimate glimpse of small-town life in eastern Europe. Zusammenfassung The Velizh case was the longest ritual murder investigation in the modern world. Drawing on newly discovered trial records, historian Eugene M. Avrutin looks beyond antisemitism as the single most important factor in understanding ritual murder accusations, and in the process, provides an intimate glimpse of small-town life in eastern Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Fedor Goes for a Walk Chapter 2 Small-Town Life Chapter 3 Tsar Alexander Pays a Visit Chapter 4 The Confrontations Chapter 5 Grievances Chapter 6 The Investigation Widens Chapter 7 Boundaries of Law Epilogue Appendix: Jewish prisoners held in the town of Velizh Notes Bibliography Index
