The Life and Passion of William of Norwich
- Authors
- Monmouth, Thomas of
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Tags
- classics
- ISBN
- 9780141970530
- Date
- 1986-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.41 MB
- Lang
- en
A new translation of a fascinating chronicle from 12th-century England
A work that holds a unique and terrible place in the history of anti-Semitism, The Life and Passion of William of Norwich gives a remarkable insight into daily life in a medieval cathedral city, while also documenting miracles at the shrine of William, a boy worshippers believed to be murdered by the Jews of Norwich. This was the earliest version of the “blood libel,” a horrible myth of ritual murder which has haunted Europe ever since.