The Rintfleisch-Pogrom was a pogrom against Jews in the year 1298. It was set during the civil strife between King Adolf of Nassau and his rival Albert of Austria, when imperial authority, traditionally concerned with the protection of the Jews, had temporarily collapsed. The Jews of the Franconian town of Röttingen were accused of having obtained and desecrated a consecrated host. One "Lord Rintfleisch", whom the sources refer to either as an impoverished knight or a butcher (the name "R… (More on Rintfleisch-pogrom)