# Historical Blood Libel Accusations Against Jews, 418–1144

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:26
- Published: 2026-11-03
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144) Of where they went time and time again, the Jews would be accused of the same ritual crimes.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=8) 418 AD, Baronius reports the crucifixion of a boy by the Jews at Im, between Aleppo and Antioch.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=18) 419 AD, in the Syrian district of Imnestar, between Chalcis and Antioch, the Jews tied a boy to a cross on a holiday and flogged him to death.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=29) 425 AD, Baronius reports the crucifixion of a boy.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=35) 614 AD, after the conquest of Jerusalem, the Jews purchased for a small amount of money ninety thousand prisoners from the Persian king Chosros II and murdered them all in the most disgusting of ways.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=48) 1071 AD, several Jews from Blois crucified a child during the Easter celebration, put his body into a sack, and threw it into the Loire. Count Theobald had the guilty ones burned alive.

[1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=63) 1144 AD, in Norwich during Passover, twelve-year-old Saint William was tied by the local Jews, hanged from a cross, and his blood drained from a wound in his side.

[1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=74) The Jews hid the corpse in the nearby woods.

[1:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/X0a05Lvt5bK3/en/historical-blood-libel-accusations-against-jews-418-1144?t=76) They were surprised by a local citizen, Elvirgius, who was bribed with money to keep quiet. Despite this, the crime still became notorious.