Historical 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,

Elvirgius, who was bribed with money to keep quiet. Despite this, the crime still became notorious.