To: fso301
1144 riot after William of Norwich died. First Blood Libel in Medieval Europe.
8 posted on
07/01/2011 10:31:27 AM PDT by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: rmlew
1144 riot after William of Norwich died. First Blood Libel in Medieval EuropeYes, thank you. My main curiosity surrounds selection of a well for execution/disposal. In those days, a functional well had considerable economic value.
9 posted on
07/01/2011 10:50:30 AM PDT by
fso301
To: rmlew; SunkenCiv
William of Norwich, whose death lead to the Norwich pogrom.
From what I have read the murder was never solved.
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