CONTENTS

1. Illustrations
2. Note on Places and Names
3. Introduction
4.   1.   From Medieval Tales to the Challenge in Trent
5.   2.   The Death of Little Simon and the Trial of Jews in Trent
6.   3.   Echoes of Simon of Trent in European Culture
7.   4.   Blood Libels and Cultures of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
8.   5.   Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews Respond to Blood Libels
9.   6.   “Who Should One Believe, the Rabbis or the Doctors of the Church?”
10.   7.   “Jews Are Deemed Innocent in the Tribunals of Italy”
11.   8.   The “Enlightenment” Pope Benedict XIV and the Blood Accusation
12.   9.   Cardinal Ganganelli’s Secret Report
13. 10.   Calculated Pragmatism and the Waning of Accusations
14. Epilogue: The Trail Continues
15. Notes
16. Archival and Printed Primary Sources
17. Acknowledgments
18. Index