Figuring racism in medieval Christianity
M. Lindsay Kaplan expands the study of the history of racism through an analysis of the medieval Christian concept of Jewish servitude. Developed through exegetical readings of Biblical figures in canon law, this discourse produces a racial status of hereditary inferiority that justifies the subordi...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press USA- OSO
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Kaplan, M. Lindsay, Figuring racism in medieval Christianity] (2022) (Lipton, Sara, 1962 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Racism (Motif)
/ Anti-judaism (Motif)
/ Christian art
/ Book illumination
/ History 900-1400
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| Summary: | M. Lindsay Kaplan expands the study of the history of racism through an analysis of the medieval Christian concept of Jewish servitude. Developed through exegetical readings of Biblical figures in canon law, this discourse produces a racial status of hereditary inferiority that justifies the subordination not only of Jews, but of Muslims and Africans as well. Cover -- Figuring Racism in Medieval Christianity -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Theology, Inferiority, Racism -- 1. Servitus Judaeorum: Biblical Figures, Canon Law, and the Construction of Hereditary Inferiority -- 2. The Mark of Cain and Embodying Inferiority -- 3. Making Darkness Visible: The Colors of Subjection in Medieval English Psalter Illuminations -- 4. Jewish Ham: Developing a Discourse of Hereditary Inferiority -- 5. Cain, Ham, and Ishmael: The African Travels of Perpetual Servitude -- Coda -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0190678259 |