Let's Blame the Jews by Rose Vickers https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4 One of the consequences of the Black Plague en-us 2017-08-01 00:29:15 UTC 2023-03-03 22:40:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png Since people in the Middle Ages knew very little about disease, and their causes and cures, they often looked for a scapegoat or reasonable explanation for what was happening - as a result, many blamed the Jewish people in society. emjoyhancock https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179808524 2017-08-01 00:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179808524 Societally, Jews had always been 'seperate' or different from everyone else in terms of religion and their daily practices and ways of living. Jewish people were often seen as seperate or traitors to the Catholic Church. emjoyhancock https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179808813 2017-08-01 00:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179808813 deadlypoisonousrose https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179809162 Jews were taken as scapegoats, likely because they were affected less than other people. Accusations spread that Jews had caused the disease by deliberately poisoning wells.]]> 2017-08-01 00:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179809162 emjoyhancock https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179809843 2017-08-01 00:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179809843 deadlypoisonousrose https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179810425 2017-08-01 01:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179810425 Following the accusations and rumours about the Jews poisoning the wells, persecutions and massacres on Jewish individuals and communities occurred. The first major attack took place in Toulon, France in 1348. emjoyhancock https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179909210 2017-08-02 02:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179909210 How the Jews brought the Black Death deadlypoisonousrose https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179910842 The Jews must be getting poison from the devil and pouring it down the wells of Christians (or throwing it into the air) to kill them all off.]]> 2017-08-02 02:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179910842 This consequence of the Black death severely impacted Jews in the sense that their already heavily restricted lives were no longer safe, hundreds were being killed at a time. Those who were Jewish lived in constant fear. emjoyhancock https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179911057 2017-08-02 02:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179911057 How people dealt with these rumour deadlypoisonousrose https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179911159 “On Saturday that was St. Valentine’s Day, they burnt the Jews on a wooden platform in their cemetery. There were about 2,000 of them. Those who wanted to baptize themselves were spared. Many small children were taken out of the fire and baptized against the will of their fathers and mothers. Everything that was owed to the Jews was cancelled…”

In Basle, Switzerland in January of 1349, the entire Jewish community, several hundred Jews, were all burnt alive in a wooden house specially constructed for the purpose on a Island in the Rhine.]]> 2017-08-02 02:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179911159 deadlypoisonousrose https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179912706 2017-08-02 02:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/deadlypoisonousrose/m7ru1r0uc8o4/wish/179912706