1168 ⟶ The Discovery of Harold of Gloucester and the Spread of the Blood Libel
Harold of Gloucester is found floating in a river. The local...
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🩸 The William of Norwich Blood Libel Case
The case of William of Norwich, a contrived accusation of murder by Jews in Norwich, England.⟶
Blood LibelNorwichFalse AccusationMedieval PeriodAntisemitic TropeReligious Propaganda
United Kingdom📜 The Discovery of Harold of Gloucester and the Spread of the Blood Libel
Harold of Gloucester is found floating in a river. The local Benedictine monks use the discovery to claim that "the child had been spirited away by the Jews on the 21st February for them to torture him to death on the night of 16th March". It established that the mythology created around William of Norwich's death could be used as a template for explaining later deaths.⟶
Blood LibelRitual MurderAnti-Jewish PropagandaMedieval PeriodGloucesterReligious Myth
United Kingdom🔥 Jews Burned at the Stake in Blois for Blood Libel
In Blois, France 31 Jews were burned at the stake for Blood libel including Pulcelina of Blois⟶
Blood LibelFranceMedieval PeriodReligious PersecutionPogromAntisemitismMartyrdomBlois12th Century
France🩸 Emperor Frederick II Investigates Ritual Murder Accusation
The Jews of Fulda, Germany were accused of Ritual murder. To investigate the Blood libel, Emperor Frederick II held a special conference of Jewish converts to Christianity at which the converts were questioned about Jewish ritual practice. Letters inviting prominent individuals to the conference still survive. At the conference, the converts stated unequivocally that Jews do not harm Christian children or require blood for any rituals. In 1236 the Emperor published these findings and in 1247 Pope Innocent IV, the Emperor's enemy, also denounced accusations of the Ritual murder of Christian children by Jews. In 1272, the papal repudiation of the Blood libel was repeated by Pope Gregory X, who also ruled that thereafter any such testimony of a Christian against a Jew could not be accepted unless it is confirmed by another Jew. Unfortunately, these proclamations from the highest sources were not effective in altering the beliefs of the Christian majority and the libels continued.⟶
Medieval PeriodBlood LibelRitual MurderFalse AccusationFrederick IIPope Innocent IVPapal Bull
Germany🩸 Blood libel in La Guardia, Spain
The Blood libel in La Guardia, Spain, where the alleged victim Holy Child of La Guardia became revered as a saint.⟶
Blood LibelFalse AccusationReligious PropagandaSpanish InquisitionAnti-SemitismMedieval PeriodLa Guardia
Spain👶 Massena Blood Libel
The Massena Blood libel was an instance of Blood libel against Jews in which the Jews of Massena, New York, were falsely accused of the Kidnapping and Ritual murder of a Christian girl in September 1928.⟶
Blood LibelMassenaNew YorkConspiracy TheoryFalse AccusationAntisemitismEarly 20th CenturyRitual Murder
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