Saint-Makers

Published
Mar 2009
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General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
200

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Fiction. The first recorded charge of ritual murder, which took place in Norwich, England, 1144, alleging that the Jewish community, "In despite of our Lord,"killed a Christian child, subsequently honored as Saint William of Norwich.THE SAINT-MAKERS tells the story of how the Church fabricated the charge ofritual murder to avoid paying the Jews for the building of Norwich Cathedral. Paul M. Levitt teaches in the department of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also the author of Come with Me to Babylon and numerous books for younger readers and scholars

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Mar 2009 Cross Cultural Communications ISBN13 9780893041168 ISBN10 0893041165
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Mar 2009 Cross Cultural Communications ISBN13 9780893041151 ISBN10 0893041157
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