MDT Episode 11: How a Blood Libel Takes Root
Medieval Death Trip
English - April 17, 2015 08:59 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 228 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: MDT Episode 10: Concerning the Milk of Grammar
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.