Communities of violence: persecution of minorities in the Middle Ages

Introduction

The historical background

Pt. 1. Cataclysmic violence: France and the crown of Aragon. France, source of the troubles: Shepherds' Crusade and Lepers' Plot (1320, 1321) ; Crusade and massacre in Aragon (1320) ; Lepers, Jews, Muslims, and poison in the crown

Pt. 2. Systematic violence: power, sex, and religion. Sex and violence between majority and minority ; Minorities confront each other: violence between Muslims and Jews ; The two faces of sacred violence ; The Black Death and beyond.