"This book is about the blood libel in medieval Europe. The blood libel comprises the stories that Jews would kill Christian children for ritual purposes, such as using the blood of Christian children to make matzah. The book is about Christian fears about forced conversion to J…
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"This book is about the blood libel in medieval Europe. The blood libel comprises the stories that Jews would kill Christian children for ritual purposes, such as using the blood of Christian children to make matzah. The book is about Christian fears about forced conversion to J…
"This book is about the blood libel in medieval Europe. The blood libel comprises the stories that Jews would kill Christian children for ritual purposes, such as using the blood of Christian children to make matzah. The book is about Christian fears about forced conversion to J…
Inspired by one fascinating and unusual historical case, Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe explores the ways religious conversion fueled Jewish-Christian tensions. In the process, it elucidates how the interplay of fact and fantasy shaped Christian v…
On Easter Sunday, 1475, the dead body of a two-year-old boy named Simon was found in the cellar of a Jewish family's house in Trent, Italy. Town magistrates arrested all eighteen Jewish men and one Jewish woman living in Trent on the charge of ritual murder - the killing of a Ch…
On Easter Sunday, 1475, the dead body of a two-year-old boy named Simon was found in the cellar of a Jewish family's house in Trent, Italy. Town magistrates arrested all eighteen Jewish men and one Jewish woman living in Trent on the charge of ritual murder - the killing of a Ch…
The ritual murder accusation is one of a series of myths that fall under the label blood libel, and describes the medieval legend that Jews require Christian blood for obscure religious purposes and are capable of committing murder to obtain it. This malicious myth continues to …
The ritual murder accusation is one of a series of myths that fall under the label blood libel, and describes the medieval legend that Jews require Christian blood for obscure religious purposes and are capable of committing murder to obtain it. This malicious myth continues to …
"The ritual murder accusation is one of a series of myths that fall under the label blood libel, and describes the medieval legend that Jews require Christian blood for obscure religious purposes and are capable of committing murder to obtain it. This malicious myth continues to…
