MedievalAnti-Semitism

1190 – 1290 CE

…for everything else, there’s

USURY.

English Jews prosper from government contracts…

…which only fuels the fire.

King Henry I & Joseph, Chief Rabbi of London

Royal Charter, ca. 1100-1135

Jewish SOL in England, 1190-1290

the Expulsion

of 1290

Edward I &

Miracle ofthe Virgin

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Blood Libel as Pop Lit:

Hugh, Simon, & William

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