E. M. Rose Explained

E. M. Rose (born 1959) is a historian of medieval and early modern England and a journalist, and the inaugural visiting scholar in the Program in Medieval Studies^[1] at Harvard University, best known for the book The Murder of William of Norwich. Rose worked as a producer at CNN for a decade prior to beginning a career as a historian.^[2] She has taught at Princeton University, Johns Hopkins, Villanova, and Baruch College.^[3]

The Murder of William of Norwich

E. M. Rose's first book, The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe, published by Oxford University Press in 2015^[4] was reviewed^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]} as a landmark^[13] in the study of the history of the Blood libel, as the first detailed, academic investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 1144 unsolved murder of William of Norwich, the first historical incident to which the Blood libel can be traced.

The Murder of William of Norwich was recognized as a "Top Ten Book in History" by The Sunday Times (London)^[8] and received the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of the Phi Beta Kappa Society for "a scholarly study that contributes significantly to interpretation of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.^[14] "

Notes and References

1. http://medieval.fas.harvard.edu Harvard Program in Medieval Studies
2. Web site: Getting to the truth of blood libel. 21 November 2016. 31 May 2018.
3. Web site: E.M. Rose . Jewish Book Council . 3 October 2023.
4. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-murder-of-william-of-norwich-9780190219628?cc=us&lang=en& Oxford University Press: The Murder of William of Norwich
5. http://www.momentmag.com/book-review-the-murder-of-william-of-norwich/ Los Angeles Review of Books: The Mundane Origins of a Historical Drama by Irven M. Resnick, July 30, 2015
6. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-l-watts/how-does-genocide-begin-a_b_7922804.html The Huffington Post: How Does Genocide Begin? A Review of 'The Murder of William of Norwich' by Joel L. Watts, August 10, 2015
7. http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-murder-of-william-of-norwich-the-origins-of-the-blood-libel-in-medieval-europe Jewish Book Council: The Murder of William of Norwich review by David Sclar
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20161006072507/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article1583942.ece The Sunday Times: REVIEW: The Murder of William of Norwich by Dan Jones, 26 July 2015
9. http://www.momentmag.com/book-review-the-murder-of-william-of-norwich/ Moment: Book Review // Predecessor to 'The Protocols' by Jonathan Brent
10. https://www.thenation.com/article/the-origins-of-blood-libel/ The Nation: The Origins of Blood Libel by Madeleine Schwartz, January 28, 2016
11. https://literaryreview.co.uk/doubting-thomas Literary Review (UK): Doubting Thomas by R I Moore
12. https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4195-reviews-november-december-2015?page=3 Yale Alumni Magazine: The Murder of William of Norwich by Mark Oppenheimer
13. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-crime-that-echoes-through-the-centuries-1440796467 The Wall Street Journal: A Crime That Echoes Through the Centuries by Ben Cohen, August 28, 2015
14. https://www.pbk.org/web/2016BookAwards Phi Beta Kappa Society: 2016 Book Award Winners