1. Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages

2. Judaism Torah- Old Testament Judaea conquered by the Romans, the Jews are scattered They divide into two main groups: Sephardic-Those who go south and east- The Middle East and North Africa Ashkenazic- Those who go north and west- Europe

3. Reasoning  Christians pinpoint Jewish role in Jesus’ death  They begin to blame the entire Jewish race  The Church focuses on the difference between Christianity and Judaism  As stereotypes develop, these stereotypes are given as the reasoning behind Jewish persecution.

4. Stereotypes  Jews have big noses This is just how they were presented in passion plays to make them recognizable  This stereotype is similar to saying all witches have noses  Jews are greedy Jews were often money lenders because Christians could not lend money and the Jews were not allowed to be a part of the feudal system They were forced to be money lenders and bankers, and nobody likes the person they owe money to

5. Imagined Crimes Blood Libel

6. Other Crimes  Jews were thought to be witches  Trying to convert Christians  Host desecration

7. The Black Plague  Jews were even blamed for The Plague

8. The Crusades  Jews in Europe and the Holy Land were attacked during the Crusades Peter the Hermit- First Crusade Attacks in France- Second Crusade

9. The Effects  Forced to wear special clothing Yellow Star of David Judenhut- pointed hats  Forced to live in certain areas Ghettos  Passion plays rallied people against the Jews  Spanish Inquisition  Expelled from England, France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain