There is a dogged idea that the stereotypical association of Jews with greed, wealth, and usury has to do with their supposed role in the premodern money market. Instead, this study examines the Christian ideas of sinful greed, Jewish materialism, and the role of the traitor's reward in the "murder of God," which together condensed into the image of the "Geldjude" "money Jew" during the socioeconomic upheavals of the High Middle Ages.

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Andreas Rentz, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich, Germany.