Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE TO THE NEW PAPERBACK EDITION vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
5. ABBREVIATIONS 1
6. Introduction 3
7. Chapter 1. The historical background 18
8. Part one. Cataclysmic violence: France and the Crown of Aragon
9. CHAPTER 2. France, Source of the Troubles: Shepherds’ Crusade and Lepers’ Plot (1320, 1321) 43
10. Chapter 3. CRUSADE AND MASSACRE IN ARAGON (1320) 69
11. Chapter 4. LEPERS, JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND POISON IN THE CROWN (1321) 93
12. Part two. Systemic Violence: Power, Sex, and Religion
13. Chapter 5. SEX AND VIOLENCE BETWEEN MAJORITY AND MINORITY 127
14. Chapter 6. MINORITIES CONFRONT EACH OTHER: VIOLENCE BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND JEWS 166
15. Chapter 7. THE TWO FACES OF SACRED VIOLENCE 200
16. Epilogue. THE BLACK DEATH AND BEYOND 231
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED 251
18. INDEX 281