Daily Medieval

The first case in England of " blood libel " (although more precisely it was only child sacrifice) was the case of William of Norw...

In the second half of the 12th century there was a monk in the town of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk named Jocelyn de Brakelond. He became cha...

Our next example of the accusation of blood libel is Harold of Gloucester. As with similar cases of "child martyrs," the body was...

The death of Hugh of Lincoln led to the arrests of so many Jews because of the belief in "blood libel": that the Jews stole/kidna...