>From the excellent chronicles of the monk Matthew Paris, the report on an incident which took place in Germany and other countries in 1241 is also extremely informative,200
>At this time, there was fierce fighting in Eastern Europe against the Tartars and Cumans, who had invaded Europe from the East. The Jews, particularly those in Germany, believed that these nomadic warrior tribes from the Eurasian Steppes were descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, and, in Prynne's words **'believing, that the Tartars were of their own Nation, entred into a secret League with them, to destroy the Christians, and subdue the whole world to themselves'.** As a first way of assisting the invaders, the Jews decided to purchase and send weapons. However, this could under no circumstance be allowed to become known to the Christian world, which is why the following plan was devised.
>The rumour was spread, which was all too readily believed, that the Jews had received an order for wine from the Tartars, because, as the Tartars were Jews, they would only drink wine harvested by Jews. The Jews had agreed to deliver thirty casks of this wine. But in order to do the Christian world a service, they would poison it so that a large number of the Tartars would die as a result.
>The Christian princes agreed, seeing nothing amiss with the Jews' stated plan. In fact, however, the Jews had secretly packed a large quantity of swords and knives into the hogsheads and it was only through the diligence of the German Customs officials that the crime was discovered and fittingly punished.
Nope. Hitler just randomly hated jews because his grandmother was part jew or something like that.
>A rich Jew named Abraham of Berkhamsted was the declared favourite of the king's brother Richard, the Earl of Cornwall, and he had a wife called Flora who was very pretty and obedient. **Abraham had a statue made of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus. He took this statue into his privy and defecated on it day and night to symbolise his boundless contempt for Christianity. He also forced his wife to do the same.**
>In the end, Flora not only refused to follow her husband's request, but is said to have cleaned the statue. When Abraham noticed this, he strangled his wife. But the crime was discovered, and Abraham was arrested and promptly thrown into the Tower of London. However, he turned to his patron, Earl Richard, whom he paid 700 marks (around £500), to help him get released. Before this happened, however, his Jewish brethren accused Abraham of several crimes, particularly of 'Clipping the King's Coin', for which they said he deserved death. At the same time, they offered Earl Richard 1000 marks (around £800) if he would withdraw his support for Abraham. They justified their request by saying that they could no longer tolerate such a criminal in their ranks. In fact, they only wanted to have Abraham executed so that it would be impossible for him to turn king's evidence, and reveal their own numerous crimes in a bid to free himself.
>Apparently the Jews were unsuccessful in their efforts, because Earl Richard continued to campaign for the murderer Abraham. The latter then fought back against his Jewish enemies and offered to bring the king proof that the Jews in England were the most notorious criminals and traitors. He apparently succeeded in this, for not only was he released, but immediately afterwards a detailed criminal investigation was carried out throughout the kingdom, which established the truth of his allegations and led to severe punishments.
Muh Judeo-Christian valuez