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.

418 AD, Baronius reports the crucifixion of a boy by the Jews at Im, between Aleppo and Antioch.

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.

425 AD, Baronius reports the crucifixion of a boy.

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.

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.

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.

The Jews hid the corpse in the nearby woods.

They were surprised by a local citizen, Elvirgius, who was bribed with money to keep quiet. Despite this, the crime still became notorious.