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The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages

by Geraldine Heng

In The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era. Examining Europe’s encounters with Jews, Muslims, Africans, Native Americans, Mongols, and the Romani (‘Gypsies’), from the 12th through 15th centuries, she shows how racial thinking, racial

Publisher

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

434

ISBN

9781108435093