The History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 1 : From the Time of Christ to the Court Jews

Foreword vii PART ONE FROM GOLGOTHA TO THE CRUSADES 1 Anti-Semitism in Pagan Antiquity 3(14) 2 Anti-Semitism, and Early Christianity 17(9) 3 The Western Jews in the Late Middle Ages 26(15) PART TWO THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES 4 The Fateful Summer of 1096 41(32) The first great persecutions and public opinion Ritual murder The "rouelle" and the trial of the Talmud 5 The Jewish Reactions 73(28) From trade to usury Birth of a Jewish mentality Conclusion PART THREE THE AGE OF THE DEVIL 6 Background: The Fourteenth Century 101(22) The Black Plague The condition of the Jews in Europe after the Black Plague 7 The Image of the Jew 123(50) Devils, witches, and Jews The final crystallization: the ghetto PART FOUR THE AGE OF THE GHETTO 8 Anti-Semitism in the Pure State: France 173(30) 9 Anti-Semitism in the Pure State: England 203(7) 10 Activated Anti-Semitism: Germany 210(36) Luther Germany after Luther 11 Poland: the Autonomous Center 246(29) The Deluge 12 The Case of Russia 275(8) Appendices A: The Origin of the Jews in the Light of Group Serology 283(10) Note for the American Edition (1965) 287(6) B: The Formation and Transmission of Jewish "Differential" Characteristics from the Viewpoint of Contemporary Biology 293(16) Notes 309(20) Index 329