The Intolerant Middle Ages: A Reader

Book Overview

In this collection of primary sources, Eugene Smelyansky highlights instances of persecution and violence, as well as those relatively rare but significant episodes of toleration, that impacted a broad spectrum of people who existed at the margins of medieval society: heretics, Jews and Muslims, the poor, the displaced and disabled, women, and those deemed sexually deviant. The volume also presents a more geographically diverse Middle Ages by including sources from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Mediterranean.

Each document is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by questions for discussion, making The Intolerant Middle Ages an excellent entrance into the lives and struggles of medieval minorities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487524129
• ISBN13: 9781487524128
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"