06149cam a2200913Ka 4500 ocn754715003 OCoLC 20200709055412.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 100913s2011 mauab ob 001 0 eng d E7B eng pn E7B OCLCQ N$T YDXCP CUS OCLCQ JSTOR OCLCF COO OCLCQ NLGGC OCLCQ EBLCP DEBSZ OCLCQ AZK AGLDB MOR PIFAG ZCU OTZ MERUC OCLCQ IOG WY@ DEGRU DEBBG 923118288 961513028 962579624 979746511 988490995 992029199 992840843 994951940 9780674061330 (electronic bk.) 0674061330 (electronic bk.) 0674052978 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780674052970 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780674052970 (alk. paper) 10.4159/harvard.9780674061330 doi 386069 (N$T) (OCoLC)754715003 (OCoLC)923118288 (OCoLC)961513028 (OCoLC)962579624 (OCoLC)979746511 (OCoLC)988490995 (OCoLC)992029199 (OCoLC)992840843 (OCoLC)994951940 22573/ctt1j3r6b JSTOR e-pl--- KKP206 .T48 2011eb TRU 000000 bisacsh REL055010 bisacsh REL010000 bisacsh HIS022000 bisacsh HIS010010 bisacsh REL084000 bisacsh HIS 010010 bisacsh. 364.1/8809438 22 MAIN Teter, Magda. Sinners on trial : Jews and sacrilege after the reformation / Magda Teter. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (viii, 331 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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. Print version record. Criminal law became a key tool in the effort to legitimize Church authority in post-Reformation Poland. Recounting dramatic stories of torture, trial, and punishment involving Christians and Jews, this is the first book to consider the sacrilege accusations of the early modern period within the broader context of politics and common crime. In post-Reformation Poland--the largest state in Europe and home to the largest Jewish population in the world--the Catholic Church suffered profound anxiety about its power after the Protestant threat. Magda Teter reveals how criminal law became a key tool in the manipulation of the meaning of the sacred and in the effort to legitimize Church authority. The mishandling of sacred symbols was transformed from a sin that could be absolved into a crime that resulted in harsh sentences of mutilation, hanging, decapitation, and, principally, burning at the stake. Teter casts new light on the most infamous type of sacrilege, the accusation against Jews for desecrating the eucharistic wafer. These sacrilege trials were part of a broader struggle over the meaning of the sacred and of sacred space at a time of religious and political uncertainty, with the eucharist at its center. But host desecration--defined in the law as sacrilege--went beyond anti-Jewish hatred to reflect Catholic-Protestant conflict, changing conditions of ecclesiastic authority and jurisdiction, and competition in the economic marketplace. Recounting dramatic stories of torture, trial, and punishment, this is the first book to consider the sacrilege accusations of the early modern period within the broader context of politics and common crime. Teter draws on previously unexamined trial records to bring out the real-life relationships among Catholics, Jews, and Protestants and challenges the commonly held view that following the Reformation, Poland was a "state without stakes"--Uniquely a country without religious persecution. In English. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Jews Legal status, laws, etc. Poland History. Religious minorities Legal status, laws, etc. Poland History. Sacrilege Poland History. Counter-Reformation Poland. TRUE CRIME General. bisacsh RELIGION Christian Rituals & Practice Sacraments. bisacsh Counter-Reformation. fast (OCoLC)fst00881307 Jews Legal status, laws, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst00983297 Religious minorities Legal status, laws, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01094195 Sacrilege. fast (OCoLC)fst01103265 Poland. fast (OCoLC)fst01206891 Counter-Reformation Poland. General European History. History. Jews Legal status, laws, etc. Jews Legal status, laws, etc. Poland History. Regional History. Religious minorities Legal status, laws, etc. Religious minorities Legal status, laws, etc. Poland History. Sacrilege Poland History. Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Teter, Magda. Sinners on trial. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011 9780674052970 (DLC) 2010039226 (OCoLC)664260331 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=386069 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3300951 ebrary EBRY ebr10488674 EBSCOhost EBSC 386069 YBP Library Services YANK 7067922 De Gruyter DEGR 9780674061330 92 N$T 50540 50540