Protean prejudice

About this book

This book argues that prejudice during England's Age of Reason was not diminished, only diffused. In spite of scientific advances, the religious teachings of the past were still real factors in the attitudes of the time. Using original source materials previously overlooked or ignored by many historians of the period, the author finds hostility towards both Jews and Judaism still prominently present among those in the forefront of the Enlightenment. This work provides new insights into England's many prejudices during a period of supposed enlightenment and raises questions about the very nature of prejudice in a multiethnic and multicultural society.