Lecture I Forum Ashkenaz: “Well-Poisoning Accusations against Minorities and their Implications for Ashkenazi Jews”

Lecturer: 

Dr. Tzafrir Barzilay

On 27 May, Tzafrir Barzilay gave a lecture at Forum Ashkenaz, a group of historians who study the history of Jews in medieval northern Europe, organized by Israel Institute of Advanced Studies. The lecture, titled “Well-Poisoning Accusations against Minorities and their Implications for Ashkenazi Jews”, focused on the development of well-poisoning accusations in late medieval Europe. It showed that these accusations were first directed against Christian minority groups, and were transferred to Jews only under specific political circumstances. At the same time, once such accusations were presented against Jews, they became very popular, and allowed for the justification of institutional violence against them.

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Date: 

Sun, 27/05/2018 - 11:00