Before the First Crusaders have even left the Rhineland in Western Germany, they're eager to bloody their hands by murdering their Jewish neighbors. Today's episode focuses on what the experience of Jewish communities in the Rhineland can tell us about the First Crusaders and late 11th century Western European society.

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