Blood libel: on the trail of an antisemitic myth

Introduction: The blood libel trail

From medieval tales to the challenge in Trent

The death of Little Simon and the trial of Jews in Trent

Echoes of Simon of Trent in European culture

Blood libels and cultures of knowledge in early modern Europe

Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews respond to blood libels

"Who should one believe, the rabbis or the doctors of the church?

"Jews are deemed innocent in the tribunals of Italy"

The enlightenment pope Benedict XIV and the blood accusation

Cardinal Ganganelli's secret report

Calculated pragmatism and the waning of accusations

Epilogue: The trail continues.