Even at the very dawn of Christianity, there was a commonly-accepted theory known as the Blood Libel, which stated matter-of-factly that Jewish people regularly sacrificed non- Jewish babies and used the blood of those babies in Judaic rituals. Later, in medieval times, plagues and other diseases were commonly blamed on Jews, resulting in the enforcement of Apartheid-like conditions, separating Jewish communities from the rest of the population throughout Europe. For example, in the Papal States — territories in the Italian Peninsula that existed throughout the middle ages and medieval times that were governed directly by the Pope — Jews were only allowed to reside in neighborhoods called ghettos. They were regularly forced to convert to Christianity in various barbaric ways such as involuntary baptisms. The stealing of Jewish babies from their parents by Church officials was also not uncommon and the children would often then be brought up as Catholic orphans never knowing of their Jewish heritage.James Morcan
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The Blood Libel was a widely circulated false story that was used to incite the persecution of the Jews in medieval Europe. The story was created in the 12th century, during the First Crusade (1096-1099) by an Italian priest named Peter of Pisa, who made it up. It said that Jewish people stole Christian babies and sacrificed them or used their blood for religious rituals. The story offended people because it reminded them of the history of how the Jews were treated during the time period.
This false story also led to riots and pogroms against Jews throughout Europe. Those who believed the story believed that Jewish people were responsible for epidemics that plagued Europe, including deadly plagues like bubonic plague. The blood libel charges caused many Jews to be murdered throughout Europe; sometimes by mobs or other times by authorities.
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