Titre du document / Document title

Towards a revaluation of the legend of "saint" william of norwich and its place in the blood libel legend

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

BENNETT Gillian ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ FLS committee

Résumé / Abstract

The legend of William of Norwich is extremely well known and often quoted in discussions of defamatory folklore. However, since I started working on it three or four years ago I have found that there are surprisingly few folkloric analyses. Leaving aside those who have attempted to believe the story and to use it as anti-Jewish propaganda, most of the respectable work has been done by historians and has tended to concentrate either on debunking the legend or on attempting to reconstruct events in Norwich during Easter 1144. My aim in this paper is to redress this balance and tackle a couple of the more folkloric questions.

Revue / Journal Title

Folklore   ISSN 0015-587X 

Source / Source

2005, vol. 116, n^o2, pp. 119-139 [21 page(s) (article)] (1 p.½)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Taylor & Francis, Basingstoke, ROYAUME-UNI  (1890) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Western Europe ; England ; Folklore studies ; Folklore ; Evaluation ; Legend ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Norwich ; Europe occidentale ; Angleterre ; Etude du folklore ; Folklore ; Evaluation ; Légende ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 24479, 35400013833679.0010