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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture To the members on the list, For someone who is embarking upon his PhD research and presenting it at the Leeds IMC this July, I am wondering about the extant corpus of scholarship which has been done as pertaining to the medieval stereotypes of the Jew as defacers or mutilators of the sacred Host, or thieves of it. My research centers on the Croxton Play of the Sacrament as a test case, in which economic culture and the concerns over the gradually destabilising classes, followed by emerging guilds and all, are mapped onto the matrix(es) of race-religion, specifically the Jew-type. In this case, I am wondering when the first instance of a mercantile Jew appeared in medieval literature(it need not be in Middle English), outside of the Edict issued in 1290 Ad against Jews in England. Kevin Jang ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html