The king's Jews : money, massacre and exodus in medieval England / Robin R. Mundill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mundill, Robin R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--England--History--To 1500.

Jews.

Jews--England--Social conditions.

Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.

Great Britain.

England--Ethnic relations--History.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Colonisation and confinement; 2 Jews and the economy; 3 A community within a state; 4 Saints and martyrs; 5 Christians and Jews; 6 Church and Synagogue; 7 Dissolution and Diaspora; Glossary; Abbreviations; Money; Notes; Manuscript sources; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4411-7362-5

1-282-87438-1

9786612874383

1-4411-3887-0

OCLC:

676699923