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Author:

Resnick, Irven Michael.

Title:

Marks of distinction : Christian perceptions of Jews in the high Middle Ages / Irven M. Resnick.

Publisher:

Catholic University of America Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xiii, 385 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Judaism--Christianity.--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Physiognomy--Christianity.--Christianity.
Human body--Social aspects--Europe.
Human body--Christianity.--Christianity.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction to medieval physiognomy -- Physical deformities and circumcision -- The Jews and leprosy -- The dietary laws, food, and illicit sexuality -- The Jews and melancholy -- Planetary influences; or, The Jews and Saturn -- Case studies revealing a Jewish physiognomy.

ISBN:

0813219698 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813219691 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)772115815

LCCN:

2011050255

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)