Ivan Marcus

In this discussion, Professor Ivan Marcus, an expert on the Christian-Jewish dynamic in medieval Europe, explores the troubling history of antisemitism. He highlights the 1290 edict of expulsion in England, which made being Jewish illegal for centuries. The conversation digs into 'latrine blasphemy' and the ways religious ideologies defined each community. Marcus also examines the tensions that escalated during the Crusades, the dehumanizing stereotypes that emerged, and the chilling continuity of antisemitism from medieval times to the present.