Jeremy Cohen writes about accusations of host desecration:

It held an important relic in the form of a Bleeding Host which, so it was said, had been violated in a host desecration by a Jew.

The accusations of a host desecration at Krems in 1420 gave Albert pretext for the destruction of the Jewish community.

Intentional host desecration is not only a mortal sin but also incurs the penalty of excommunication latae sententiae.

In 1761 in Nancy, several Jews from Alsace were executed on a charge of host desecration.

Uccello's predella comprises six meticulous, naturalistic scenes related to the antisemitic myth of host desecration, based on a supposed event in Paris in 1290.

He reduced his debts by prosecuting Jews for host desecration.

Additionally, well poisoning was one of the three gravest Antisemitic accusations made against Jews during this period (the other two being host desecration and blood libel).

Following accusations of host desecration twenty Jews were burnt and property confiscated.

In addition, he described the history of allegations of host desecration, emphasizing the frequent use of such allegations in medieval Europe to justify anti-Semitism.