Illustrations
Note on Places and Names
Introduction
Chapter One: From Medieval Tales to the Challenge in Trent
Chapter Two: The Death of Little Simon and the Trial of Jews in Trent
Chapter Three: Echoes of Simon of Trent in European Culture
Chapter Four: Blood Libels and Cultures of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Chapter Five: Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews Respond to Blood Libels
Chapter Six: “Who Should One Believe, the Rabbis or the Doctors of the Church?”
Chapter Seven: “Jews Are Deemed Innocent in the Tribunals of Italy”
Chapter Eight: The “Enlightenment” Pope Benedict XIV and the Blood Accusation
Chapter Nine: Cardinal Ganganelli’s Secret Report
Chapter Ten: Calculated Pragmatism and the Waning of Accusations
Epilogue: The Trail Continues
Notes
Archival and Printed Primary Sources
Acknowledgments
Index