Between Christians and Jews: The Formation of Anti-Jewish Stereotypes in Medieval England

Author / Editor
Johnson, Willis Harrison.

Title
Between Christians and Jews: The Formation of Anti-Jewish Stereotypes in Medieval England

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 59 (1998): 917A.

Description
Anatomizes the development of anti-Jewish sentiments in medieval England, arguing that the prejudices of Chaucer and his late-medieval contemporaries, which returned to traditional, exegetical stereotypes, were less malicious than those of the thirteenth century.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.