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Le mythe du juif errant dans l'Europe du XIXe siècle

Title: Le mythe du juif errant dans l'Europe du XIXe siècle / Marie-France Rouart.
Author: Rouart, Marie-France.
Publication: [Paris] : J. Corti, 1988.

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290 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Traces the origins of the myth of the Wandering Jew to Benjamin of Tudela's journey to the Orient, the chronicle of the Benedictine monk Matthew Paris (1228), and later to Bishop Paul of Eitzen's story (17th century) on Ahasuerus. Analyzes variations of the myth of the immortal, omniscient, repentant sinner in popular legends, chronicles, and literature in various European countries. States that Romanticism revived the medieval legend of the Wandering Jew, stripping him of the infamous racial mark and turning him into a figure of national history (e.g. in England and France). Contends that the legend was created in the context of religious persecution after the Crusades, distinguishing between Jews who may be converted and Judaism which is anachronistic. In the 19th century, at the time of the emancipation, there was assimilation as well as a renewal of antisemitic accusations.

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. [279]-282.

ISBN

2714302815
9782714302816

LCCN

89176474

OCLC

ocm19932730
19932730
SCSB-1718822

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Princeton University Library