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'Chere alme': Texts of Anglo-Norman Piety ed. by Tony Hunt (review)

'Chere alme': Texts of Anglo-Norman Piety ed. by Tony Hunt (review) Reviews 253 far more worried about the possible spread of Jewish morality and religion. This chapter juxtaposes English fears about Jewish religion with their own curiosity about Jewish daily life. Holmberg demonstrates how descriptions of Jewish men menstruating could be found alongside an Englishman having `moist eyes' when farewelling a Jewish companion he had met on his travels. Here we see the demonization of a race rather than of individuals. Ultimately, Holmberg's book leaves the impression that, although the English may have feared or despised the Jews, they also yearned to learn more about them and to understand them. The reader is left with a nuanced portrayal of relations between the English and the Jews that is not easily categorized.Through its close engagement with contemporary travel writings and its constant contrasting of differing views, this book forces the reader to question English attitudes toward the Jews. Charlotte-Rose Millar School of Historical and Philosophical Studies The University of Melbourne Hunt, Tony, ed., `Chere alme': Texts of Anglo-Norman Piety, trans. Jane Bliss, intro. Henrietta Leyser (The French of England Translation, Occasional Publication, 1),Tempe,AZ,Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010; hardback; pp. xii, 445; R.R.P. US$60.00, £45.00; ISBN 9780866984331. This http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Parergon Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

'Chere alme': Texts of Anglo-Norman Piety ed. by Tony Hunt (review)

Parergon , Volume 29 (2) – Feb 14, 2012

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Reviews 253 far more worried about the possible spread of Jewish morality and religion. This chapter juxtaposes English fears about Jewish religion with their own curiosity about Jewish daily life. Holmberg demonstrates how descriptions of Jewish men menstruating could be found alongside an Englishman having `moist eyes' when farewelling a Jewish companion he had met on his travels. Here we see the demonization of a race rather than of individuals. Ultimately, Holmberg's book leaves the impression that, although the English may have feared or despised the Jews, they also yearned to learn more about them and to understand them. The reader is left with a nuanced portrayal of relations between the English and the Jews that is not easily categorized.Through its close engagement with contemporary travel writings and its constant contrasting of differing views, this book forces the reader to question English attitudes toward the Jews. Charlotte-Rose Millar School of Historical and Philosophical Studies The University of Melbourne Hunt, Tony, ed., `Chere alme': Texts of Anglo-Norman Piety, trans. Jane Bliss, intro. Henrietta Leyser (The French of England Translation, Occasional Publication, 1),Tempe,AZ,Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010; hardback; pp. xii, 445; R.R.P. US$60.00, £45.00; ISBN 9780866984331. This

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