Sign In / Become a Member   Events     New Books     Kuntresim     Dinur Publications     eJewish.info     Contact us     About us!     עברית     Add Resource   Resource Index Resources > Medieval Jewish History > Blood Libels Search for:    Advanced Search    Browse by keyword Search all listings Search only in Blood Libels There are currently 20 resources in this category Displaying results 1 - 15: 1 |2 | Next Sort by site rank Sort by title Sort by rating Sort by popularity Sort by date 1. Anti-Semitic Legends      More Info Webpage with Anti-Semitic Legends by Medieval European Christians. 2. Expulsions and the Black Death      More Info Here is told the story of the different expulsions of Jews, during the middle ages in central Europe, including France, Germany, Italy and England. Pictures accompany the text, showing paintings and ingravings depicting the expulsions. 3. History of Medieval Jews and Haitian Voodoo      More Info An analysis of medieval blood libel accusations against Jews and its correspondence with accusations made against Haitian Voodoo. A historical comparison of two mother texts that served as the sourcebook for many misguided accusations against both Jews and Voodoo practitioners. 4. Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Medieval Jewish Life      More Info The site presents the Jewish section of the Internet Medieval Sourcebook, offering numerous links about the medieval Jewish communities all over the world, economical issues, anti-semitism, religious aspects and figures, as well as primary documents (translated) concerning the various categories. 5. Jewish History Sourcebook: The Black Death and the Jews 1348-1349 CE      More Info In 1348 there appeared in Europe a devastating plague which killed twenty-five million people. A rumor was current that these deaths were due to an international conspiracy of Jewry to poison Christendom. By authority of Amadeus VI Jews were tortured until they "confessed". This page gives a translation from the Latin of a confession made under torture by a Jew named Agimet, and an acco... 6. Martyrdom in Jewish Traditions      More Info Paper dealing with the subject of martyrdom in Judaism, from the ancient sources to the modern period. 7. Medieval Jewish Women in History, Literature, Law, and Art: An Annotated Bibliography      More Info An annotated bibliography dedicated to the topic: Medieval Jewish Women in History, Literature, Law, and Art. This bibliography was compiled by Cheryl Tallan and is part of the ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies project 8. Medieval Sourcebook: A Blood Libel Cult: Anderl von Rinn, d. 1462      More Info This page tells about the "martyrdom" of Anderl, a three year-old boy who became the focus of a blood-libel cult in the seventeenth-century, and gives an illustration of it, portraying the child being held down and having his throat slit. The killers in the illustration are clearly marked as Jews by their clothes and turbans. 9. Medieval Sourcebook: Ephraim ben Jacob: The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois, May, 1171      More Info In 1171 the Jews of Blois, France, were accused of having crucified a Christian child during the Passover holydays and of having thrown the corpse into the Loire. The accusation that Jews require Christian blood for their Passover ritual has been made against the Jews from that time on. This page gives an account of the burning of over thirty men and women at Blois which is taken from A Book of H... 10. Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory X: Letter on Jews, (1271-76) - Against the Blood Libel      More Info Canon law was hostile to Jews in wording, but the popes also refused to accept popular violence against Jews. This page gives the text of a letter by Pope Gregory X (1271 -1276) which incorporates material from earlier letters of Innocent III (1198-1216) and Innocent IV (1243-1254). Here Gregory X opposes the blood libel. 11. Medieval Sourcebook: Socrates Scholasticus: The Blood Libel in Syria (late 4th Cent.)      More Info A version of The Blood Libel by Socrates Scholasticus, 4th century Syria, from "Ecclesiastical History". 12. Medieval Sourcebook: Thomas of Monmouth: The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich, 1173      More Info The Blood Libel myth appears in a complete form for the first time in The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich, a Latin work written about 1173 by Thomas of Monmouth, a contemporary of the events which he relates. The author was a monk in the Norwich Benedictine monastery. 13. Simon of Trent      More Info "The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent"; the Jews are identified by the yellow badges on their dress. The illustration is the work of Gandolfino d' Asti, late 15th century. 14. Simon of Trent      More Info "The murder of Simon of Trent by the Jews," one of the most notorious accusations of alleged ritual murder to have taken place in Trento, Italy, in 1475. After a fanatical Franciscan had been preaching against the Jews before Easter, the body of a child is found near the house of a Jew. All Jews of the town are arrested. After being tortured for 15 days, 17 Jews "confess." Eigh... 15. The History of the Jews in England (1066-1655)      More Info This page provides a brief overview of both the history of the Jews in England and the varying position that the Jewish community held in England over 600 years. It gives a timetable, and you click on a date to see more pages, additional information. 1 |2 | Next Looking for more resources on this topic? Click here to try your search on Google. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Rabin Building Jerusalem, Israel, 91905 Phone: 972-2-5881894/ Fax: 972-2-5883894 dinur@h2.hum.huji.ac.il