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Pierre Birnbaum - A Tale of Ritual Murder in the Age of Louis XIV: The Trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669 - 9780804774048 - V9780804774048
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A Tale of Ritual Murder in the Age of Louis XIV: The Trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669

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Description for A Tale of Ritual Murder in the Age of Louis XIV: The Trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669 Hardback. This is the tale of an accusation of blood libel during a period when France prided itself on its rationality. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM9; JFSR1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 417.

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 ... Read more

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.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804774048
SKU
V9780804774048
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About Pierre Birnbaum
Pierre Birnbaum is a leading French historian and sociologist and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Paris I—Panthéon-Sorbonne. His works available in English include The Jews of the Republic (Stanford, 1996) and Geography of Hope (Stanford, 2008).

Reviews for A Tale of Ritual Murder in the Age of Louis XIV: The Trial of Raphaël Lévy, 1669
"Expert historians and the general reader alike will find here a wealth of details and a captivating story that will enrich their understanding of ritual murder and host-desecration accusations . . . A Tale of Ritual Murder in the Age of Louis XIV will interest a wide audience. It contributes to the literature about blood libels, the Dreyfus affair, and ... Read more

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