Compartir
A Tale of Ritual Murder in the age of Louis Xiv: The Trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669 (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and c) (en Inglés)
Pierre Birnbaum (Autor)
·
Stanford Univ Pr
· Tapa Dura
A Tale of Ritual Murder in the age of Louis Xiv: The Trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669 (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and c) (en Inglés) - Pierre Birnbaum
106,57 €
112,18 €
Ahorras: 5,61 €
Elige la lista en la que quieres agregar tu producto o crea una nueva lista
✓ Producto agregado correctamente a la lista de deseos.
Ir a Mis Listas
Origen: Estados Unidos
(Costos de importación incluídos en el precio)
Se enviará desde nuestra bodega entre el
Jueves 11 de Julio y el
Martes 30 de Julio.
Lo recibirás en cualquier lugar de España entre 1 y 5 días hábiles luego del envío.
Reseña del libro "A Tale of Ritual Murder in the age of Louis Xiv: The Trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669 (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and c) (en Inglés)"
In the late seventeenth century, France prided itself for its rationality and scientific achievements. Yet it was then that Raphaël Lévy, a French Jew, was convicted, tortured, and executed for an act he did not commit, a fiction deriving from medieval anti-Jewish myth: the ritual murder of a Christian boy to obtain blood for satanic rituals. When Lévy was accused of the ritual murder, it was the first accusation of blood libel for a century. Lévy's trial, however, became a forum for anti-Jewish accusations, and although the Holy Roman Emperor and a representative of King Louis XIV both tried to intervene, they were ignored by the parliament of Metz. Pierre Birnbaum explores the cultural, political, and personal elements that led to the accusation and shows that the importance of this story goes beyond local history: at a critical moment in the construction of the nation-state, France was unable to impose its conception of law and order on local officials. Birnbaum reveals the echoes of Lévy's trial in the Dreyfus Affair and suggests that, amid the contemporary retreat of the state and the accompanying explosion of prejudice and violence, it is time to remember the tragic fate of Raphaël Lévy.
