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Sinners on trial [electronic resource] : Jews and sacrilege after the reformation / Magda Teter.

By: Teter, Magda.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: viii, 331 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Poland -- History | Religious minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Poland -- History | Sacrilege -- Poland -- History | Counter-Reformation -- PolandGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 364.1/8809438 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction : from sin to crime -- The meaning of the sacred -- Stealing sacred objects -- Prosecuting sins, defending faith -- The making of a Polish Jerusalem -- Protestant heresy and charges against Jews -- Christians on trial, Jews expelled -- The struggle for power and authority -- Justice and the politics of crime.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : from sin to crime -- The meaning of the sacred -- Stealing sacred objects -- Prosecuting sins, defending faith -- The making of a Polish Jerusalem -- Protestant heresy and charges against Jews -- Christians on trial, Jews expelled -- The struggle for power and authority -- Justice and the politics of crime.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.