Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege After the Reformation
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In post-Reformation Poland--the largest state in Europe and home to the largest Jewish population in the world--the Catholic Church suffered profound anxiety about its power after the Protestant threat. Magda Teter reveals how criminal law became a key tool in the manipulation of the meaning of the sacred and in the effort to legitimize Church authority. The mishandling of sacred symbols was transformed from a sin that could be absolved into a...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674052978
ISBN13:9780674052970
Release Date:May 2011
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:358 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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