In Black and White: The Racial Mentality in the European Middle Ages

A chapter from Unit II of my book, The Enchanting Encounter with the East, studies medieval racial theories uttered by outstanding European scholars and endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church. 

Image: Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs

https://networks.h-net.org/race-european-middle-ages-image-healing-gadarene-demoniacs

I study the applications of the racist ideology which I find amid western intellectuals who flourished across the European Middle Ages. Their views were endorsed by the Church which encouraged the European monarchs to take to the road of expansion. I check the echoes of these opinions in art,  architecture, poetry, and even in contemporary medical treaties. 

 The only exception to the rule is the statue of St.Moris erected in the Magdeburg Cathedral. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Maurice#/media/File:Saint_Maurice_Magdeburg.jpg

The character of a black warrior in the attire of a medieval knight suited Frederick II, the sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire, in his strife with the Pope.