This is a study of the persistence of anti-Semitic stereotypes for 400 years in a society almost completely devoid of a Jewish population. Anti-Semitic Stereotypes Without Jews offers an exploration of English history, 1290- 1700, tracing the growth and development of these attitudes. It demonstrates that it is possible for prejudice to thrive even in the absence of a scapegoat group. Following the expulsion in the year 1290 until 1656, although there...