This title considers the Jews of medieval England as victims of
violence (notably the Clifford's Tower massacre) and as an isolated
people. In July 1290, Edward I issued writs to the Sheriffs of the
English counties ordering them to enforce a decree to expel all
Jews from England before All Saints' Day of that year. England
became the first country to expel a Jewish minority from its
borders. They were allowed to take their portable property but
their houses were confiscated by the king. In a highly readable
account, Robin Mundill considers the Jews of medieval England as
victims of violence (notably the massacre of Shabbat haGadol when
York's Jewish community perished at Clifford's Tower) and as a
people apart, isolated amidst a hostile environment. The origins of
the business world are considered including the fact that the
medieval English Jew perfected modern business methods many
centuries before its recognised time. What emerges is a picture of
a lost society which had much to contribute and yet was turned away
in 1290.
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