Thomas of Monmouth
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Thomas of Monmouth was a monk who lived in a Benedictine monastery in Norwich during the 12th century. He was the author of The Life and Miracles of William of 1173, an anti-semitic polemic which accused the Jews of murdering a young boy whose body was found on Mousehold Heath, Norwich in 1144. Monmouth's writing William of Norwich helped flame anti-semitic sentiment in England, resulting in the eventual expulsion of Jews from England in 1290.
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