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Blood Libel

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia — Online article

Reference overview: presents Norwich (1144) as the first medieval case, lists later cases (Gloucester 1168, Blois 1171, Saragossa 1182, Bristol 1183, Fulda 1235, Lincoln 1255, Munich 1286), recalls the confessions obtained under torture at Trent (1475) and the abolition of Simon's cult in 1965.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia
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