Editing Antisemitism in Christianity (section)

=== Other discrimination ===
Jews were subjected to a wide range of legal [[Disabilities (Jewish)|disabilities]] and restrictions in medieval Europe. Jews were excluded from many trades, the occupations varying with place and time, and determined by the influence of various non-Jewish competing interests. Often Jews were barred from all occupations but money-lending and peddling, with even these at times forbidden. Jews' association to money lending would carry on throughout history in the stereotype of Jews being greedy and perpetuating capitalism. Another stereotype that appeared in the 12th century was [[Blood Libels|the blood libel]], which alleged that the Jews killed Christian boys and used their blood to make unleavened bread.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=Blood libel {{!}} Meaning, Antisemitism, & History {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/blood-libel |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> Such accusations led to persecutions and killing of Jews.

In the later medieval period, the number of Jews who were permitted to reside in certain places was limited; they were concentrated in [[ghetto]]s, and they were also not allowed to own land; they were forced to pay discriminatory taxes whenever they entered cities or districts other than their own.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish history to the middle ages – Smarthistory |url=https://smarthistory.org/jewish-history-to-the-middle-ages/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=smarthistory.org}}</ref> The [[Oath More Judaico]], the form of oath required from Jewish witnesses, developed bizarre or humiliating forms in some places, e.g. in the Swabian law of the 13th century, the Jew would be required to stand on the hide of a sow or a bloody lamb.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oath More Judaico |url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11640-oath-more-judaico |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref>