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

• Autore: Mundill Robin R.
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2010]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.004924
• Soggetto topico: Jews - England - History - To 1500; Jews - England - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485; England Ethnic relations History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The king's Jews
• ISBN: 1-4411-7362-5; 1-282-87438-1; 9786612874383; 1-4411-3887-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818515503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II