TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rose,E.M.
TI  - The murder of William of Norwich: the origins of the blood libel in medieval Europe 
SN  - 9780190219659 (ebook) :
AV  - DS145 .R67 2015
U1  - 305.8924040902 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Antisemitism
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Blood accusation
KW  - Jews
KW  - Persecutions
KW  - Christianity and antisemitism
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This title examines the ritual murder accusation (or blood libel), one of the most heinous charges against the Jews in the history of medieval antisemitism. It traces the origins to the circumstances surrounding the death of William of Norwich in 1144 and the text of the 'Life and Passion' composed by the monk Thomas of Monmouth in 1150, in the period immediately following the English civil war, the Anarchy under King Stephen, and the Second Crusade. The charge arose as the result of a trial of an indebted knight, Simon de Novers, for killing his Jewish banker Deulesalt
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190219628.001.0001
ER  -