
Minority Influences in Medieval Society
This book investigates how minorities contributed to medieval society, comparing these contributions to majority society’s perceptions of the minority.
In this volume the contributors define ‘minority’ status as based on a group’s relative position in power relations, that is, a group with less power than the dominant group(s). The chapters cover both what modern historians call ‘religious’ and ‘e...
This book investigates how minorities contributed to medieval society, comparing these contributions to majority society’s perceptions of the minority.
In this volume the contributors define ‘minority’ status as based on a group’s relative position in power relations, that is, a group with less power than the dominant group(s). The chapters cover both what modern historians call ‘religious’ and ‘e...