Statement

In the late 1340s, with Europe staggered by bubonic plague, the Black Death, which by some estimates killed as much as a third of its people, Christians again rounded on the Jews, accused of poisoning wells and believed by many to have drawn down God's anger by living among Christians.

References

1. p. 198

   supports · main text · ch. 7

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 198

   supports · main text · ch. 7

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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