Jews in Medieval England
Gone Medieval
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Medieval Jewish history is something I've wanted to explore on Gone Medieval. We know that by around the year 1000 there's a Jewish presence in Europe which probably started about a century or two earlier. Jews settle along those past most obviously with the wealthy merchants going first and then over Jews following, establishing communities around them. In terms of England so 1066 is usually remembered for distasteful business involving men hitting each other with swords. Actually it was much more important in an English context because it allowed the establishment of a Jewish community. That's really the product of the Norman conquest and the here for two centuries after that.
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