MDT Episode 11: How a Blood Libel Takes Root

Published: April 17, 2015, 8:59 a.m.

b"In this episode we finally cut to the core of the story Thomas of Monmouth tells about the murder of William of Norwich. While Thomas thinks he's telling the story of how William was murdered by Jewish citizens of Norwich, his actual text reveals quite plainly how mass hysteria and xenophobia drove such accusations."