• DoctorTYVM@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Local anger then forgotten. No one would ever hear about it outside the few people who lived nearby

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      Early Crusades beg to differ. Everyone would hear a really distorted version of this “persecution” and then go on a huge march and kill some unrelated people about 5 years later.

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      Because there was no social media at the time though it would certainly spread slower. And I doubt it would be forgotten given how long the “blood libel” conspiracy has been kicking around and causing massacres throughout history.