Historical Blood Libel Accusations Against Jews

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, Elverjus, who was bribed with

money to keep quiet. Despite this, the crime still became

notorious.