Around the 14th century, much of Europe’s population was killed by a plague. Suspicions grew because less Jews seemed to be dying of the plague. It was mostly because the Jews had strict practices that didn’t allow them to do certain things, which made them less likely to contract the disease or to die from it. Many people noticed this, especially the Anti-Semites, and came to the conclusion that the Jews poisoned their wells. Racial and Ethnic Groups statistics showed what happened after the accusations of the Jewish poisonings of the wells, “Consequently, from 1348 to 1349, 350 Jewish communities were exterminated by Gentiles” (Schaefer, 422).

Under Constantine, Christianity became a state religion. This made them unbelievers of the state religion, or infidels. In the Merovingian Realms the Jews were blamed for the Christian defeats against the Islamic armies. In Spain (586-601) the Goths planned to expel the Jews but the Arabs conquered the Peninsula and gave the Jews greater freedom.

The Romans considerd the Christians to be a sect of Judaism. Because the Jews were rebellious th

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