E. M. Rose (born 1959) is a historian of medieval and early modern England and a journalist, and the inaugural visiting scholar in the Program in Medieval StudiesHarvard Program in Medieval Studies retrieved October 4, 2016 at Harvard University, best known for the book The Murder of William of Norwich. Rose worked as a producer at CNN for a decade prior to beginning a career as a historian. She has taught at Princeton University, Johns Hopkins, Villanova, and Baruch College, and has been a visiting fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University and visiting scholar at Oxford University's Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. She has written widely about medieval antisemitism in England and France and the early English colonization of Virginia, among other topics.
The Murder of William of Norwich E. M. Rose's first book, The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe, published by Oxford University Press in 2015Oxford University Press: The Murder of William of Norwich retrieved October 4, 2016 was reviewedLos Angeles Review of Books: The Mundane Origins of a Historical Drama by Irven M. Resnick, July 30, 2015 retrieved October 4, 2016The Huffington Post: How Does Genocide Begin? A Review of 'The Murder of William of Norwich' by Joel L. Watts, August 10, 2015 retrieved October 4, 2016Jewish Book Council: The Murder of William of Norwich review by David Sclar retrieved October 4, 2016The Sunday Times: REVIEW: The Murder of William of Norwich by Dan Jones, 26 July 2015 retrieved October 4, 2016Moment: Book Review // Predecessor to 'The Protocols' by Jonathan Brent retrieved October 4, 2016The Nation: The Origins of Blood Libel by Madeleine Schwartz, January 28, 2016 retrieved October 4, 2016Literary Review (UK): Doubting Thomas by R I Moore retrieved October 4, 2016Yale Alumni Magazine: The Murder of William of Norwich by Mark Oppenheimer retrieved October 4, 2016 as a landmarkThe Wall Street Journal: A Crime That Echoes Through the Centuries by Ben Cohen, August 28, 2015 retrieved October 4, 2016 in the study of the history of the Blood libel, as the first detailed, academic investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 1144 unsolved murder of William of Norwich, the first historical incident to which the Blood libel can be traced.
The Murder of William of Norwich was recognized as a "Top Ten Book in History" by The Sunday Times (London) and received the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of Phi Beta Kappa society for "a scholarly study that contributes significantly to interpretation of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.Phi Beta Kappa Society: 2016 Book Award Winners retrieved October 4, 2016"
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