Note 97 — Chapter XIII · A.D. 740-980. THE JEWS UNDER CHARLEMAGNE.
Reading edition
Hallam (‘Middle Ages,’ vol. ii. p. 225) quotes from a French historian that it was the custom at Toulouse, at this time, to give every Jew a blow on the face on Easter Day, and that this was commuted for a fine some time in the 12th century. This is plainly the same story, with some variations.