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13th–14th centuries

Accusation of ritual murder in the wake of Fulda

1235·Lauda, Bischofsheim

Toll
inconnu

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communities massacred

The accusation made at Fulda, where Jews were charged with the deaths of several children belonging to a miller, spread through the Main valley and as far as the Franconian towns. At Lauda and Bischofsheim, the communities were attacked and destroyed in the wake of this rumor.

Emperor Frederick II then had the accusation examined by a commission of clerics and converts, which concluded that Jewish Law forbids murder and the use of blood; the golden bull of Ratisbonne reiterated this verdict. This official refutation, one of the first of its kind, in no way prevented the motif from spreading throughout the Empire in the decades that followed.

Period :
13th–14th centuries
Type :
Trials and executions
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

*Annales Erphordenses* ; Friedrich Lotter, « Hostienfrevelvorwurf und Blutwunderfälschung » ; Salo Baron, *A Social and Religious History of the Jews*.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Lauda, Bischofsheim.

In the same country305

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  5. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  6. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  7. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  8. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée

And 297 more in the catalogue.

Event 190 of 2483, in chronological order · 13th–14th centuries: 398 events in the catalogue

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