The Medieval Massacre of the Jews of York
Speaking with Shadows
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Is There a Power Vacuum in the City of York?
Some people among the mob doubtless felt that they were doing not only what the christian church wanted in attacking the enemies of christ. Richard himself does have different view about this. He is said to have been furious and disgusted by it, possibly not actually out of any fellow feeling for jewish people but because an attack on the jews was an attack on him. And richard takes revenge against the people who did it. But he sends officials to come up to york to restore order, and he imposes heavy fines on the most important people of the city of york. So do you think with the crusades, that existed in a kind of wider sense, too, like, if
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