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Hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

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Anti-Semitism, sometimes called history’s oldest hatred, is hostility or prejudice against Jewish people. The Nazi Holocaust is history’s most extreme example of anti-Semitism.

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A series of religious wars in western Asia and Europe initiated, supported and sometimes directed by the Catholic Church between the 11th and the 17th century.

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Many myths and rumors came to light during the middle age due to antisemitism. A wide believed myth was "blood libel" which is the belief that Jews used the blood of Christian childern for ritual purposes. Other myths were Jews served the Anti-christ, Jews were disloyal to European civilizations, and Jews had insincere and materialistic motives.

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Many limits were put of Jews mainly in Central and East Europe. Examples of the limits include owning land, serving as officers in the military (unless they converted to Christianity), hold position in State Service, and many handicraftman were denited memberships to guilds.

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Reformation was not any better for the Jews than the Middle ages. At first Martin Luther relied on Jewish scholars to translate Hebrew text into German. He then quickly resented them for their rejection of Jesus. Martin Luther even said, "We are at fault for not slaying them, rather we allow them to live freely in our midst their murder, cursing, blasphemia, lying and defaming."

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Jews entered into new professions, could live where they pleased, and wear what they wanted to. When Jews expanded into their new professions, they were greeted with hostility. Many still viewed Jews as outsiders. Social Darwinists believed in the "survival of the fittest" to suggest some humans were superior to others. Hitler used it to prove that non-Aryans were inferior races.
https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/jewish-history-and-thought/did-enlightenment-shape-jews-jonathan-israel/

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The Jewish emancipation began at the end of the eighteenth century. It offered Jews social, economic, and political opportunities. They were able to be elected to Parliament in Great Britain after 1858.

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Political Anti-Semitism was formed during the Age of Nationalism. It was secular, social, and influenced by economic considerations. Emancipation of the Jews enabled them to own land, enter the civil service, and serve as officers in the national armed forces. New stereotypes were also created during this time period. They were said to be disloyal and Jews displaced non-Jews in traditionally "noble" professions.