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Race Concepts in Medieval Europe by Lily Ene is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes a two-part article that questions the widely held belief that the concept of "race" did not exist before the modern era. The author analyzes a variety of medieval European cultural documents and finds evidence of racial thinking, racial law, racial formation, and racialized behaviors. Some key points made include that religious hermeneutics enabled positing fundamental human differences, and that race figured prominently in the emergence of a European identity. The author provides s

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Lily Ene

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EN