Well poisoning - Historical accusations of well-poisoning against Jews

For the logical fallacy, see poisoning the well. Well-poisoning (the malicious manipulation of potable water resources to cause illness or death) is potentially the gravest of three accusations historically brought against Jewish people as a whole (the other two being host desecration and blood libel.) Well poisoning - Historical accusations of well-poisoning against Jews. Medieval people did not know about the existence of viruses and bacteria, thus they could not understand epidemics. Any su ...

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Medieval people did not know about the existence of viruses and bacteria, thus they could not understand epidemics. Any sudden deterioration of health was considered a result of poisoning. Europe was rattled by several waves of Black Death (often identified as bubonic plague) throughout the late medieval ages and crowded cities were hit especially hard by the disease, often losing up to 50% of their population at a time. Terrible scenes l ...

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