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Eschatological Avengers Or Messianic Saviors? Violence And Physical Strength In The Vernacular Legend Of The Red Jews, Rebekka Voss
Eschatological Avengers Or Messianic Saviors? Violence And Physical Strength In The Vernacular Legend Of The Red Jews, Rebekka Voss
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
The vernacular legend of the Red Jews allows us to explore the relationship of violence, physical strength and power during the early modern period, extending the traditional treatment of Jews and violence in that era. Violence is often linked to power and physical strength. Violence is typically associated with ruling authorities and the realm of the majority, rather than in the hands of an oppressed minority, as in case of Diaspora Jewry, which has been identified with victimhood. Moreover, in historiography, the perception of Jews as targets of aggression perpetrated by “the other,” whether Christian or Muslim, corresponds to the …
Plague And Violence Against Jews In Early Modern Europe, Samuel Cohn
Plague And Violence Against Jews In Early Modern Europe, Samuel Cohn
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
Based on Italian chronicles and archival sources Samuel Cohn examined questions of violence against Jews during plague.
Killed Or Be Killed. Realities And Representations Of Violence In Seventeenth-Century Ukraine, Adam Teller
Killed Or Be Killed. Realities And Representations Of Violence In Seventeenth-Century Ukraine, Adam Teller
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
Based on sources related to the 1648 Chmielnicki Uprising, Adam Teller examined "The Realities and Representations of Violence in Seventeenth Century Ukraine"
2013 Emw: Jews And Violence In The Early Modern Period, Emw 2013
2013 Emw: Jews And Violence In The Early Modern Period, Emw 2013
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
The 2013 Early Modern Workshop on “Jews and Violence in the Early Modern Period” sought to contextualize the violence involving Jews in the early modern period in order to understand this crucial aspect of their experience. Participating scholars tried to complicate not only the over-simplified notion of Jews as solely victims of violence in the premodern period, but also examined complexities of the question of Jews as victims of violence.
Keynote address by Robert Davis of Ohio State University, "Typologies of Violence in Early Modern Europe"