The Black Death, in 1348, caused outbreaks of superstition of various sorts in various places. One of the favourite methods of appeasing God’s anger was the destruction of Jews. In Bavaria, twelve thousand are reckoned to have been killed ; in Erfurt, three thousand ; in Strasburg, two thousand were burnt ; and so on
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