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This greater stress on order and discipline and fear of alternative influences is also reflected in the rise of anti-Semitism. The act of defining Christians against Jews, given that Judaism gave birth to Christianity is manifest in "The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich." Not only to the fictional Jews commit a ritualistic murder, typical of blood libel stories of the period, they also enact a crucifixion scene, underling the 'crime' of Jews of rejecting Christ, rather than the Judaic contribution to Christianity. Interestingly, however, the 'truth' of the blood libel myth was supposedly revealed by a former...
William of Norwich." Thomas of Monmouth. 1173. Medieval Sourcebook. 2 Apr 2008. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1173williamnorwich.html
The Rule of the Franciscan Order." Medieval Sourcebook: Translation by David Burr.
Jan 1996. Updated 22 Sept 1999. 3 Apr 2008. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/stfran-rule.html
Works Cited
The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich." Thomas of Monmouth. 1173. Medieval Sourcebook. 2 Apr 2008. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1173williamnorwich.html
The Rule of the Franciscan Order." Medieval Sourcebook: Translation by David Burr.
Jan 1996. Updated 22 Sept 1999. 3 Apr 2008. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/stfran-rule.html
high degree of misinformation I had received from traditional teachings about the church and the beginning of Christianity. Moreover, I was struck by the notion that most other people in the Western world receive this same degree of intentional misinformation, so much so that I have even heard people defend the idea that knowledge of the historical church is irrelevant to modern Christianity. Reading through the class material, I