The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe
by
E.M. Rose
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
In 1144, the mutilated body of William of Norwich, a young apprentice leatherworker, was found abandoned outside the city's walls. The boy bore disturbing signs of torture, and a story spread that it was a ritual murder, performed by Jews in imitation of the Crucifixion as a mockery of Christianity....