Ariana Franklin's Mistress Of The Art Of Death

In Ariana Franklin’s novel, Mistress of The Art of Death, women played a big role in the society of Medieval Europe. Due to the time period this novel was taking place, anti-semitism, was a contributing factor on why some of the events in the book happened. Throughout the book the murders of children are being searched for. The Christians automatically assume that the murder was a Jew. In the search of the murder, Henry II has help from a well trained women named, Adelia who studied medicine and the art of death. The Jews are helped through this accusation. Although Ariana Franklin’s novel, Mistress of The Art of Death, accurately describes the complicated relationship between the Jews and the Christians, when further analyzed, the novel inaccurately depicts women’s statuses and their privileges. …show more content…
The majority of people were Christian but also Christianity was the most commonly practiced religion. The Jews living in Europe during Christian Europe were targeted by the Christian townspeople. There were few of them, and they all lived together. "The small Jewish communities of medieval Christian Europe lived in an atmosphere of religious suspicion and legal disability” (Gale group.com). The mystery of the book was to uncover the murder of four children. The Christians assumed and accused the jews of being the murder. The Jews were wrongly accused and this is an example of anti semitism. Anti semitism in the Middle Ages was known as being prejudice towards Jews. Anti semitism was prevalent in Christian Europe due to the heavily population of Christians. The accusation of a Jewish murder was an example of the Christians attacking the Jews for something they were not responsible for. Henry II and his trained scientist in the art of death, Adelia helped to solve the murder but also prove that the Jews were