Early Accusations of Well Poisoning against Jews: Medieval Reality or Historiographical Fiction?

This article reexamines the idea prevalent in existing historiography that Jews were accused of well poisoning before 1321. It argues that the historians who studied the origins of such accusations were misled by sources written in the early modern period to think that Jews were charged with well po...

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Main Author: Barzilay, Tzafrir (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2016, Volume: 22, Issue: 5, Pages: 517-539
Further subjects:B Historiography Jews Jewish history persecution poison water well poisoning well-poisoning accusations
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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