The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages.
- Author / Editor
- Heng, Geraldine
The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages.
- Published
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Physical Description
- xiii, 493 pp.
- Description
- Provides a comprehensive view of how "race" is defined in the premodern world and addresses the process of "race-making" within and outside the European context. In particular, discusses how Jews in England were "racialized" and analyzes the "sensory character of race in the medieval period." Chapter 2 examines historical and governmental regulations against Jews, and looks at literary works, such as PrT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Prioress and Her Tale