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

Title: Marks of distinction : Christian perceptions of Jews in the high Middle Ages / Irven M. Resnick.
Author: Resnick, Irven M.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012.

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Description

xiii, 385 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill.; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books.

Subject

Antisemitism > Europe > History > To 1500
Christianity and other religions > Judaism
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Human body > Christianity
Human body > Social aspects > Europe
Judaism > Christianity
Physiognomy > Christianity

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-378) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

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

9780813219691 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011050255