Jewish Ritual Murder, Europe 1171-1510
“1171. Blois, France. At Passover, a Christian child was crucified, his body drained of blood and thrown into the river. A number of jews were executed.
“1179. A boy named Richard was tortured, crucified and bled white. Philip Augustus’s chaplains and historians, Rigord and Guillaume l’Armoricain, attested this case.
“1235. Fulda, Hesse-Nassau. Five children murdered; jews confessed under torture, but said the blood was wanted for healing purposes. Frederick II exonerated the jews from suspicion, but the Crusaders had already dealt with a number by putting them to death.
“1247. Valreas, France. Just before Easter, a two-year-old girl’s body was found in the town moat with wounds on forehead, hands and feet. jews confessed under torture that they wanted the blood of the child, but did not say that it was for ceremonial purposes. Pope Innocent IV said that three of the jews were executed without confessing.
“1250. Saragossa. A boy crucified, afterwards canonised as St. Dominiculus. Pius VII, 24th Nov., 1805, confirmed a decree of the Congregation of Rites of 31st August, according this canonisation.
“1261. Pforzheim, Baden. An old woman sold a seven-year-old girl to the jews, who bled her, strangled her and threw the body into the river. The old woman was convicted on the evidence of her own daughter. A number of jews were condemned to death, two committing suicide. (more…)



