The Life and Miracles of St William of Norwich by Thomas of Monmouth
Author:   Augustus Jessop ,  M. R. James
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The Life and Miracles of St William of Norwich by Thomas of Monmouth


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This work marks a significant and tragic moment in the history of medieval Jewish–Christian relations, as it promulgates one of Europe's first allegations of Jewish ritual murder of a Christian child. Composed in stages between 1150 and 1173 by Thomas, a monk at the Benedictine priory of Norwich, the Life narrates in seven books the murder (in 1144), discovery, miracles and canonisation (though he was deprived of sainthood at the Reformation) of a local boy, William. Offering an invaluable window into daily life in twelfth-century East Anglia, the work also stands at the origins of a myth with profound consequences for medieval Jewish communities. Edited by Augustus Jessop (1823–1914) and M. R. James (1862–1936) from a unique manuscript, this 1896 edition offers the original Latin text and a modern English translation, supplemented by detailed considerations of the textual, historical and political contexts shaping this remarkable document.

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Author:   Augustus Jessop ,  M. R. James
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9781139108546


ISBN 10:   1139108549
Publication Date:   05 November 2015
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Preface; Introduction: 1. Thomas of Monmouth; 2. The Benedictine Priory at Norwich; 3. East Anglia in the reign of Stephen; 4. The Norwich Jews; 5. The manuscript. The text. The history of the book; 6. The legend; 7. The cult and iconography of St. William; Chronological table; The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich, by Thomas of Monmouth: Books I–VII. Corrigenda; Index.

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