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What do we know of the power of legend? How do we put to rest a vicious story, born more than nine centuries ago yet surfacing even today on American television talk shows? The infamous blood libel legend was partly responsible for the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the basis of persecutions and actual courtroom trials throughout Europe, and exploited in Nazi propaganda.
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The Blood Libel Legend, Alan Dundes
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- Released
- 1991
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- Title
- The Blood Libel Legend
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alan Dundes
- Publisher
- Univ of Wisconsin Press
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 396
- ISBN10
- 0299131149
- ISBN13
- 9780299131142
- Series
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
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- What do we know of the power of legend? How do we put to rest a vicious story, born more than nine centuries ago yet surfacing even today on American television talk shows? The infamous blood libel legend was partly responsible for the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the basis of persecutions and actual courtroom trials throughout Europe, and exploited in Nazi propaganda.