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Pilgrimage and Pogrom: Violence, Memory, and Visual Culture at the Host-Miracle Shrines of Germany and Austria
Mitchell B. Merback
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| #2861146 in Books | University Of Chicago Press | 2013-03-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.00 x1.30 x8.50l,4.20 | File type: PDF | 416 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Profound, but patience required|By GDP|This book entered my radar as a result of having read Prof. Merback's earlier book The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe and being very impressed (five stars). So without any particular interest in the specific subject matter of 'Pilgrimage and Pogrom' I read the book, a||
"A profound, captivating, eloquently written study of the material culture of the most disturbing manifestation of late medieval pilgrimage piety."
In the late Middle Ages, Europe saw the rise of one of its most virulent myths: that Jews abused the eucharistic bread as a form of anti-Christian blasphemy, causing it to bleed miraculously. The allegation fostered tensions between Christians and Jews that would explode into violence across Germany and Austria. And pilgrimage shrines were built on the sites where supposed desecrations had led to miracles or to anti-Semitic persecutions. Exploring the legends, cult ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Pilgrimage and Pogrom: Violence, Memory, and Visual Culture at the Host-Miracle Shrines of Germany and Austria | Mitchell B. Merback.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
