Hello, I'm Dr. Eleanorianaga, and welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history.

We uncover the greatest mysteries, the gobsmacking details, and the latest groundbreaking research from the Vikings to the Normans, from kings to popes, to the

crusades. We delve into the rebellions, plots, and murders that tell us who we really were.

And how we got here.

Since our last episode when Matt and I visited Norwich Castle,

we've stayed in Norwich to uncover more of its extraordinary medieval history.

We're standing next to an avenue of old trees.

Here the air is really still, almost reverent. Around us, there's lots of gorgeous old headstones, some of them kind of getting swallowed into the shrubbery behind them.

At the very far end of the cemetery past the older Victorian monuments and the quiet ranks of war graves,

there's a simple memorial.

It's modest, but powerful.

And it marks the resting place of the remains of 17 Jewish men, women, and children,

whose remains were found discarded in a medieval

well here in Norwich. It's set at the end of the ranks of other memorials, and just behind it

there's a tangle of ivy, holly, and bay trees. It's dotted with small pebbles. Tokens of

remembrance left by visitors who know the story.

There's a really palpable weight here. It's not a fear. It's more like solemn recognition.

Recognition of the shadows of religious persecution at last honored.

It was only in 2013 that these 17 souls were finally laid to rest.

More than eight centuries after the massacre that destroyed them,

their bones were given the dignity of a burial that had been denied them in death,

by violence, and in death again

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