Trent 1475: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial

"A highly readable report of one of the most notorious chapters in the history of anti-Semitism. The book gives the modern historian and the general public access to the stunning spectacle of medieval ’due process,’ the assumptions of the persecutors, and the experiences of the victims."—Heiko A. Oberman, author of Luther: Man between God and the Devil

On Easter Sunday, 1475, the dead body of a two-year-old boy named Simon was found in the cellar of a Jewish family's house in Trent, Italy. ...