The "Jew in the Latrine": Exploring the Transmission of an Early German Anti-Jewish Narrative.

An anti-Jewish short narrative, here labelled the "Jew in the Latrine," was very popular in the Middle Ages and early modern period, appearing in a range of genres in Latin and the vernacular. A Jew falls into a sewer on the Sabbath day and, fearing desecration, neither extracts himself nor permits...

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Published in:	Medieval Encounters Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 33 - 72
Main Author:	McDonald, William C.
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2022
Subjects:	Toilets Jews Sabbath Middle Ages Humus Judaism Magdeburg (Germany) Germany
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