Nah, I just like history and the most obvious answer is usually the correct one. Like that saying 'Don't $hit where ya eat', folks passing through on trade routes might poison a well with a plague in revenge for being harassed in a country or even worse, ejected/banned. But few are dumb enough to poison their own wells where their family lives for no good reason. That changed when the open-minded King got close to death, then others exerted more influence and began hassling the jewish traders, and then ejected them and guess what? The plague made its way into Poland! I'm sure it's merely a coincidence of timing though.
Oh no, you're one of those who actually give credence to 'blood libels' like that's a thing. /s
Nah, I just like history and the most obvious answer is usually the correct one. Like that saying 'Don't $hit where ya eat', folks passing through on trade routes might poison a well with a plague in revenge for being harassed in a country or even worse, ejected/banned. But few are dumb enough to poison their own wells where their family lives for no good reason. That changed when the open-minded King got close to death, then others exerted more influence and began hassling the jewish traders, and then ejected them and guess what? The plague made its way into Poland! I'm sure it's merely a coincidence of timing though.